"Before Somebody Steps In"

Donald Trump blows his dog whistle, again.

Sadly, I must include the actually posts, because it truly matters just how insane they look when you read them in their totality.

From Truth Social 4/6/24

From Truth Social, 4/6/24

From Truth Social 4/6/2024

It’s a lot to take in, I know, but the most important line comes in the first post. “…before someone steps in” is a line that will spark a thousand conversations, most of which will run down the tiresome game trail that daily adds to our national slide into chaos and autocracy.

Let’s be extraordinarily blunt: Trump wants one of his fringe followers to sweep the chess pieces off the board through violence. He wants one of them to kill or harm one of the judges or one of their family members. He’ll never admit it in public, but in the dark recesses of Trump’s mind, he knows that the threat of violence worked against Republican rebels between 2015 and January 6th.

After January 6th, it was an article of faith. That was the day Trump pierced a barrier that kept American politics largely nonviolent and civil from just over 150 years. He had primed his audience with the Biggest Lie over the “stolen election” for months, but beginning in late December, the tone took a more dangerous turn. “Statistically impossible to have lost the 2020 Election"

"Big protest in D.C. on January 6th. Be there, will be wild!"

The same people he’d told to “stand back and stand by” in the campaign got the message, and came to Washington ready for battle.

At 1:11pm that day, as Trump addressed a crowd — some of whom he knew to be armed — urged the mob to "fight like hell" because if they didn’t, he promised them, "…you're not going to have a country anymore."

Trump saw with his own eyes as he sat in the private office just off from the Oval. I can see it perfectly: his eyes locked on Fox, watching the violence mounting, his feelings of arousal and delight bordering on sexual,

It’s not stochastic terror when the Dear Leader is sounding his air raid siren.

So, to summarize, here’s how it will play out.

"Trump never said that."

"You're taking Trump out of context."

"Trump was joking. He didn't mean it."

"He wasn't joking, but he wasn't calling for violence against the judges and their families."

"But it wouldn't be bad if he did..."

BONUS MEDIA ROUND: "Oh, everyone knows that. Biden is so old."