Trump’s Agenda? Firing Squads and Group Executions.
Yeah, you read that right.
As many of us have noticed, unsurprisingly, Donald Trump appears to be flailing. His second campaign has felt incredibly different from his first in terms of the energy, and there’s almost a note of desperation with much of what he does. From the beginning it’s felt as though this was all nothing more than a mission for vindication, done out of anger and the deep, almost pathological belief that he was wronged and he has to set out to prove it. But now, we’ve got another small glimpse at his supposed ideas for what he would like to do should he once again become President of the United States, and he’s certainly no shying away from fascism.
Bess Levin with Vanity Fair writes:
“…Rolling Stone reports that the ex-president — who is hoping to become president again in 2024 — has recently been telling close associates that he wants to bring back firing squads, hangings, and “possibly even the guillotine,” should he return to the White House. (He has also apparently “discussed group executions.”) According to a person familiar with the matter, late last year, Trump “privately mused” about “creating a flashy, government-backed video-ad campaign that would accompany a federal revival of these execution methods.” The videos would reportedly include “footage from these…
