Trump Demands Death Penalty for Reporters in Unhinged War Rant

I prefer my autocrats in .txt

but seriously why are we censoring "pedophile" here?

Sounds like a shitty dictator...

What with his daughter no longer around to change him every 2 hours, this term has taken a turn for the worse.

Americans don't exercise.

Don't worry. They're sending hopes and prayers.

His mom is there to help

Another victim of the liberal news media!

Sorry but that's incorrect.

It just means privately owned in this context.

Ask an ye shall receive.

Yeah no, the president saying people should be charged with something thats punishment is death or life in prison is exactly that.. saying those journalists should be put to death or life in prison for what they have written.

well that's true but also the penalty for treason is the death penalty

TBH I’m sick of DailyBeast and Rawstory showing up in my Lemmy feed. I’d argue they violate this community’s “credible sources” rule.

I'll support that motion.

I'm sorry but I've seen plenty of people lose their jobs and get a visit from SS because they mentioned Trump's actions were treasonous. Which someone then interpreted as death threats. One side doesn't get to point fingers and then play coy when they do it themselves.

TBH I’m sick of DailyBeast and Rawstory showing up in my Lemmy feed.

Try this: don't click the link.

And there's a chain of reasoning that makes the headline more than bullshit: Trump is demanding journalists be put on trial for treason, which has a maximum penalty of death. Trump is a long-time advocate of brutal and excessive punishment for anyone not on his good side. The leadership at DoJ are all Trump syophants who take their direction from him. Ergo, any journalist who pisses off Trump is likely to be prosecuted to the full extent of the law, if not beyond.

Short version: Trump was threatening journalists with the death penalty.

Additional research: the Central Park Five, where Trump demanded their execution even after they were conclusively exonerated.

The source is a Truth Social post:

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116235861005528220

::: spoiler click to expand full quote:

Iran has long been known as a Master of Media Manipulation and Public Relations. They are Militarily ineffective and weak, but are really good at “feeding” the very appreciative Fake News Media false information. Now, A.I. has become another Disinformation weapon that Iran uses, quite well, considering they are being annihilated by the day. They showed phony “Kamikaze Boats,” shooting at various Ships at Sea, which looks wonderful, powerful, and vicious, but these Boats don’t exist — It’s all false information to show how “tough” their already defeated Military is! The five U.S. Refueling Planes that were supposedly struck down and badly damaged, according to The Wall Street Journal’s false reporting, and others, are all in service, with the exception of one, which will soon be flying the skies. Buildings and Ships that are shown to be on fire are not — It’s FAKE NEWS, generated by A.I. For instance, Iran, working in close coordination with the Fake News Media, shows our great USS Abraham Lincoln Aircraft Carrier, one of the largest and most prestigious Ships in the World, burning uncontrollably in the Ocean. Not only was it not burning, it was not even shot at — Iran knows better than to do that! The story was knowingly FAKE and, in a certain way, you can say that those Media Outlets that generated it should be brought up on Charges for TREASON for the dissemination of false information! The fact is, Iran is being decimated, and the only battles they “win” are those that they create through AI, and are distributed by Corrupt Media Outlets. The Radical Leftwing Press knows this full well, but continues to go forward with false stories and LIES. That’s why their Approval Rating is so low, and I can win a Presidential Election, IN A LANDSLIDE, getting only 5% positive Press — They have no credibility! I am so thrilled to see Brendan Carr, the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), looking at the licenses of some of these Corrupt and Highly Unpatriotic “News” Organizations. They get Billions of Dollars of FREE American Airwaves, and use it to perpetuate LIES, both in News and almost all of their Shows, including the Late Night Morons, who get gigantic Salaries for horrible Ratings, and never get, as I used to say in The Apprentice, “FIRED.” Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP :::

Of course Bill Clinton was one of the best ones, but who is counting THE LAST OK DECADE (90's). Everything was horrible after that. Everyone who was an adult in 2000 knows everything turned to poop.

Long as him and his enablers are out and unable to return, it makes no real difference to me how its done

You gotta realize none of that will ever happen because the Democrats lack the political will to even make a serious attempt.

Not as long as theyre calling for us to die, no

Spineless

https://www.reuters.com/article/world/north-korea-executes-defence-chief-with-an-anti-aircraft-gun-south-korea-agency-idUSKBN0NY01I/