“Sick”: Trump’s Violent Outbursts Worsen as Parade Fiasco Sinks In
As Trump ramps up the threats to crack down on blue cities after his North Korean–style military parade and a horrific assassination, Kim Lane Scheppele explains why we’re now in the danger zone.
After the horrific assassination of a Democratic state legislator in Minnesota, President Trump at first correctly stressed that such violence is absolutely intolerable. But then he uncorked a long, vile, unhinged tirade on Truth Social, threatening to unleash ICE raids more directly on Democratic cities while denouncing them as radical, dangerous and “sick.” Coming after the assassination, this was almost akin to a call for more targeting of Democrats and liberals. It’s no accident this came right after we saw enormous outpourings of peaceful “No Kings” protests across the country. The contrast between these and Trump’s North Korean–style military parade (not to mention the assassination) amounted to a fiasco for Trump. As
, a scholar of authoritarianism, noted in a good piece for , a big story about this weekend’s events was the spectacle of peaceful dissent meeting menace from Trump-aligned forces. We talked to Scheppele about how political violence is overwhelmingly aligned in this country with the MAGA right, and why we’re now sliding into what she calls the “danger zone.” Listen to this episode here. A transcript is here.America Is at a Terrifying Turning Point—and There’s No Going Back
Saturday was a surreal day in American politics, in ways simultaneously horrifying and heartening. The horrifying part was the news we all woke up to about the political assassinations (both attempted and consummated) in Minnesota. The heartening was the millions who showed up for the
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