How Violence and Intimidation Are Key to Understanding Trump
And why we must not become inured to it.
By DENNIS AFTERGUT, The Bulwark
ON FRIDAY, DONALD TRUMP POSTED to Truth Social a creepy image that is arguably his most outrageous incitement to violence since the leadup to the January 6th insurrection. It is a video showing a pair of pickup trucks flying down a highway, decked out with flapping Trump flags and other right-wing symbols. On the tailgate of the second truck is a huge adhesive sticker—a life-sized photoshopped image of President Joe Biden hogtied on his side so it looks like he is lying in the truck bed.
