The former president made multiple chilling warnings during an interview with Time magazine.

Donald Trump hasn’t quite let go of the possibility of utilizing mob violence if he loses the next election.

In a sprawling interview for Time magazine, Trump hinted that leveraging political violence to achieve his end goals was still on the table.

“If we don’t win, you know, it depends,” he told Time. “It always depends on the fairness of the election.”

And from Trump’s perspective, that’s winning rhetoric. According to him, his incendiary comments supporting a mob mentality, his early warnings of forthcoming abuses of power, and his threats to be a dictator on “day one” are only inching him closer to the White House. “I think a lot of people like it,” Trump told Time.

  • @njm1314
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    247 months ago

    This is why we all should arm ourselves heavily. And be ready to fight back.

    • @[email protected]
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      267 months ago

      When I worked for the country I found I’m a pretty decent shot with what you’d’ve called an m16a3 . I had a couple of really great shooty-powpow days.

      You know what I’d do if jan6 got crazy again?

      Continue to stay away. I have no business being there. I’m not some gung-ho halfwit, passable shot or no.

      • @[email protected]
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        97 months ago

        The point isn’t to go out, it’s to have a shooty boi or two at home in case others decide to go out.

      • Alien Nathan Edward
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        87 months ago

        if I were a Trumper trying to learn from Jan 6 the lesson I’d learn is that the mob was all in one place and disorganized, which made them easy to find and target, easy to defend against, and very susceptible to morale issues as soon as they got pushback (watch the Ashley Babbit video. As FA turns to FO, pay attention to the mood of the crowd. The fact is there were enough of them close enough that they could have easily overwhelmed the lone guard, but when they realized that this was real life where people who get shot die they lost any will to proceed). Small, organized teams spread out all over the country would be very difficult to defend against, could have goals beyond just disrupting a single vote like kidnapping legislators or knocking out utilities, and could have trained, organized people who are actually ready and willing to put their lives on the line. Don’t think in terms of getting ready for another Jan 6. Jan 6 happened and is over. Think in terms of what the people who did Jan 6 will learn from their failure, and organize around that.

        • @[email protected]
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          17 months ago

          Small, organized teams spread out all over the country would be very difficult to defend against

          Small organized teams leave a trail and it’s much harder for those arranging things to claim ignorance. The disorganization was so they could claim they had “no idea this would happen”.

          The people smart enough to organize something are smart enough to keep their hands off of any direct organizing.

          • Alien Nathan Edward
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            17 months ago

            remember that their plan involves having an inside guy in the white house who’s capable of just declaring them innocent of any and all crimes