US President Joe Biden has said he is not confident there will be a peaceful transition of power if Donald Trump loses the presidential election in November.

"[Trump] means what he says, we don’t take him seriously. He means it, all this stuff about ‘if we lose it will be a bloodbath’.”

Mr Trump’s comment that it would “be a bloodbath for the country” if he loses the election, made as he was talking about the auto industry in March, triggered a wave of criticism.

The Trump campaign, however, said the comment was specifically about the auto industry and had been deliberately taken out of context. It sent a fundraising email which said Trump’s political opponents and others had been “viciously” misquoting him.

  • @Maggoty
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    141 month ago

    He’s saying there’s a chance a third party tries to make it violent.

    • @[email protected]
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      fedilink
      -41 month ago

      What third party are you fucking talking about? Republicans are the only ones making overt threat of violence.

      • @Maggoty
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        91 month ago

        Well if Harris wins it’s her and Biden in the official transfer of power. Anyone else is a third party to that.