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Trump Has Full-Blown Meltdown on Truth Social and Sends Video Message to His January 6th Supporters

On June 26, 2020, NBC News reported on a new presidential order signed by then-President Donald Trump, what Trump referenced as the “automatic ten years” order:

The order would “reinforce” existing federal law, which criminalizes the destruction of federal monuments. For instance, the Veterans’ Memorials Preservation and Recognition Act of 2003 imposes a fine and up to 10 years in prison on anyone who vandalizes a monument.

Trump signed it in response to protests over George Floyd and other police killings of unarmed black men.

Late last night, Trump released this video message to his supporters about the weaponization of the Justice Department, the “unconstitutional acts” – in his opinion – and made sure to mention that the country was going straight to communism for imprisoning January 6th defendants.

It is wrong to deface and destroy federal buildings if you are protesting the killing of black men, but it’s communist and the weaponization of the DOJ to imprison people who both attacked the Capitol and Congress and hurt police as they did so.

This message is surely in response to several new developments that have Trump panicking. First, the guilty verdict against Stewart Rhodes for seditious conspiracy provides critical feedback to DOJ and potential defendants in the Trump administration. Additionally, Trump lost his case in the 11th Circuit yesterday, meaning the Special Master is gone, and the DOJ will get all of the documents back. His taxes went to the Democrats yesterday, and there is talk about publishing the taxes in the House Record in order to make them public so that there is time for people to go through them and evaluate them. And Trump is probably still shaken up by the appointment of special prosecutor Jack Smith.

The video is a panic attack, and it showcases the danger Trump represents. If you are for him, you are good and being treated unfairly. If you oppose Trump’s priorities, you should get an “automatic ten years.” That isn’t communism. It’s a fascist dictatorship, which is what the Soviet Union was under Stalin onward.

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