Trump Threatens Mark Zuckerberg With Prison In Unhinged Truth Social Rant

Donald Trump threatened to enactment “election fraudsters” successful prison, including Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, successful a caller rant connected Truth Social Tuesday morning. And portion this isn’t the archetypal clip Trump has targeted the Facebook founder, it’s a troubling motion for the aboriginal of American life, fixed the information that the erstwhile president (and convicted felon) has a precise existent accidental of getting elected again successful November.

Trump made the menace against Zuckerberg during a station astir the SAVE Act, a portion of authorities being pushed by Republicans that would marque it amerciable for undocumented immigrants to ballot successful national elections. The problem, of course, is that it’s already amerciable for non-citizens to ballot successful national elections, and survey aft survey shows that there’s nary wide fraud occurring successful the U.S. electoral system.

But that didn’t halt Trump from unleashing an incoherent station astir the authorities calling the Democrats cheaters. Trump falsely said “illegal migrants” were getting the close to ballot and finished disconnected his station by focusing his rage astatine Zuckerberg, utilizing the word “Zuckerbucks,” a nickname the 45th president has utilized before.

“All I tin accidental is that if I’m elected President, we volition prosecute Election Fraudsters astatine levels ne'er seen before, and they volition beryllium sent to situation for agelong periods of time,” Trump wrote connected Tuesday. “We already cognize who you are. DON’T DO IT! ZUCKERBUCKS, beryllium careful!”

Trump has railed against Facebook implicit the past year, insisting the societal media elephantine has conspired against him, adjacent saying Facebook is an “enemy of the people,” connected CNBC back successful March. But Facebook is alternatively infamously a spot wherever Trump’s lies are capable to flourish and contempt the institution banning him aft the Jan. 6 coup attempt, Trump is escaped yet again to advertise arsenic overmuch arsenic helium likes connected the site.

The erstwhile president likewise called for Zuckerberg to beryllium prosecuted backmost successful February 2023, penning connected Truth Social, “He cheated connected the Election(s). The full strategy is RIGGED. Why isn’t helium being prosecuted? The Democrats lone cognize however to cheat. America isn’t going to instrumentality it overmuch longer!”

Trump has repeatedly said he’ll wage a run of retribution against perceived enemies if helium gets backmost into the White House, thing that would travel with virtually nary consequences aft the Supreme Court ruled Trump has immunity from prosecution for immoderate “official acts.” Recently, the erstwhile president amplified a telephone to acceptable up military tribunals to prosecute erstwhile Republican Congresswoman Liz Cheney, whose lone “crime” was speaking retired against Trump. The erstwhile president has besides suggested that Gen. Mark Milley should beryllium executed for treason, a remark that received comparatively small attraction astatine the time–perhaps a motion that Americans don’t instrumentality the erstwhile president seriously, contempt the information that helium could easy instrumentality powerfulness again.

Trump is presently starring President Joe Biden successful FiveThirtyEight’s nationalist polling average, with the erstwhile president astatine 42.1%, Biden astatine 39.9%, and Independent nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr. astatine 9.5%. And portion there’s been unit from galore mainstream Democrats for Biden to driblet retired of the contention aft a unspeakable show against Trump successful a statement 2 weeks ago, it’s looking precise improbable Biden volition measurement speech to fto idiosyncratic similar Kamala Harris instrumentality the wheel.

Obviously, nary 1 knows what’s going to hap connected Election Day, but the information that a convicted transgression and neo-fascist who tried to overthrow the authorities is moving neck-and-neck with a mean Democrat is rather a happening to witness. Many radical importune it’s excessively aboriginal and cipher should judge the polls that amusement Trump winning, but it’s not similar the polls were wildly off-base successful 2020. In fact, the polls heavy favored Biden, who won a comparatively adjacent contention erstwhile you look astatine the margins successful plaything states that enactment him implicit the top.

For example, Biden won Wisconsin by conscionable 20,682 votes successful 2020. A caller canvass retired of Wisconsin by AARP connected Tuesday shows Trump astatine 44%, Biden astatine 38%, and Robert Kennedy Jr. astatine 9%. It’s not looking large for radical who attraction astir ideology and the regularisation of law.