“If they do this, and they’ve already done it, but if they follow through on this, yeah, it could certainly happen in reverse. It could certainly happen in reverse What they’ve done is they’ve released the genie out of the box. You understand that. They’ve done something that nobody thought would happen. If I happen to be president, and I see somebody who’s doing well and beating me very badly, I say, ‘Go down and indict them.’ Mostly that would be, you know, they’d be out of business. They’d be out of the election.” – Donald Trump, speaking last night to Univision.
The Washington Post reports:
The wide-ranging interview comes days after The Washington Post reported that Trump and his allies have been mapping out specific plans for using the federal government to retaliate against his opponents and allies turned critics should he win a second term.
n private, the former president has told advisers and friends in recent months that he wants the Justice Department to investigate former Trump officials and allies who have become critical of his time in office, according to people who have talked to him and spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe private conversations.
Trump has also talked of prosecuting officials at the FBI and Justice Department, a person familiar with the matter said.
In a new interview with Univision, former president Donald Trump indicated that if he’s elected in 2024, he may use the federal government to punish his critics and he defended his administration’s separation of migrant families at the U.S.-Mexico border. https://t.co/pR9r61A8is
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) November 10, 2023
—Most BIZARRE passage of Trump’s Univision interview:
“If World War 3 happens probably Mexico will no longer be around”
“If they hit us [the US] you [Mexico] are going to be wiped out too”
— José Díaz Briseño (@diazbriseno) November 10, 2023
In the first moments of Trump’s Univision interview he says Hispanic and Latino are the same thing to him.
“It all means the same thing as far as I’m concerned.” pic.twitter.com/Crfav6AKto
— American Bridge 21st Century (@American_Bridge) November 10, 2023