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Trump’s Back to Inciting Violence Again, and This Time it’s Against Biden.

Is anyone actually surprised?

Lauren Elizabeth
3 min readMar 30, 2024
Photo by Darren Halstead on Unsplash

Donald Trump is nothing if not predictable, right?

Time and time again the former President has not shied away from reminding is exactly who he is, and the lengths he is willing to go to in order to get his way. Of course, that continues today, and we’re witnessing once again hwo the manipulation of the images and narratives at his disposal is used in order to weaponize his base. Yet again, he’s taking it to another level.

Megan Lebowitz with NBC News writes:

“Former President Donald Trump shared a video on social media Friday that included an image of President Joe Biden bound and restrained in the back of a pickup truck.

The 20-second video, which Trump indicated was taken Thursday in Long Island, New York, shows a truck emblazoned with “Trump 2024” and a large picture depicting Biden tied up and lying on his side.

Trump was in Long Island Thursday for the wake of fallen NYPD officer Jonathan Diller.

When reached for comment on the image in the video, Trump campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung said, “That picture was on the back of a pick up truck that was traveling down the highway.” Cheung also accused “Democrats…

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Lauren Elizabeth
Lauren Elizabeth

Written by Lauren Elizabeth

Lauren is a writer & leftist with analysis on topics related to politics & policy. She can be reached at LaurenMartinchek@gmail.com or Twitter @xlauren_mx

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