Trump’s escalating violent rhetoric is straight out of the autocrat’s playbook | Margaret Sullivan
by Margaret Sullivan from US news | The Guardian on (#6F9KN)
His menacing words toward Mark Milley and Letitia James should not be shrugged off
Twice in the past two weeks, Donald Trump has suggested violent consequences for those who dare to cross him.
Mark Milley, the outgoing chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, deserves to be executed, Trump charged. Milley's backchannel communications, intended to reassure Chinese military leaders before and after the 2020 election, amounted to a treasonous act so egregious that, in times gone by, the punishment would have been DEATH!"
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