As last week came to a close, the speculation about the Manhattan district attorney’s office charging Donald Trump reached a new level. NBC News reported that local, state and federal law enforcement, in addition to the Secret Service, had begun preparing for the possibility of the former president’s indictment. Bloomberg News and Fox News ran related reports soon after.
It was the next morning when the Republican advanced the story in highly provocative ways. NBC News reported:
Former President Donald Trump said Saturday that “illegal leaks” had indicated that he would be arrested Tuesday and called on supporters to protest. Trump, in posts on his social media platform Truth Social, referred to reports that he could soon face possible criminal charges in New York relating to a hush money payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels.
As is often the case, what made the former president’s missives notable wasn’t just what he said, but also how. At 6:55 a.m. ET, Trump published a pair of messages, each in all capital letters, describing the United States as a “dying’ and “third-world” nation, where “the American dream is dead!”
He added some familiar lies — the 2020 election was “stolen,” our borders are “open,” and “patriots” are being “held in captivity like animals” — before saying he’d be “arrested on Tuesday.”
Trump concluded, “PROTEST, TAKE OUR NATION BACK!”
A few hours later, in case this was too subtle, the former president returned to his social media platform with another message, which began, “IT’S TIME!!!” After assorted whines — he suggested President Joe Biden “doesn’t even know he’s alive,” while claiming White House officials are “evil” people who “hate” the United States — Trump added, “WE JUST CAN’T ALLOW THIS ANYMORE. THEY’RE KILLING OUR NATION AS WE SIT BACK & WATCH. WE MUST SAVE AMERICA! PROTEST, PROTEST, PROTEST!!!”
While the Republican’s hysterics were, to be…
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