Donald Trump insists his detractors are “wrong” to claim he will use the criminal justice system to go after the Democrats if he is reelected—but warns he would have “every right” to do so after the way he has been treated.
“I have been under siege. Nobody’s ever seen anything like this in this country,” Trump said. “Now, in other countries, in Third World countries, or banana republics… We’ve become a banana republic,” he lamented.
“Look, when this election is over, based on what they’ve done, I would have every right to go after them, and it’s easy, because it’s Joe Biden, and you see all the criminality,” said the former president.
“All of the money that’s going into the family and him. All of this money from China, from Russia, from Ukraine,” he continued.
Trump suggested he will not “go after” the Democrats, however, insisting: “It has to stop because otherwise, we’re not going to have a country.”
He recalled his decision to spare Hillary Clinton from criminal proceedings after his 2016 election victory. He said he balked at putting a former First Lady and Secretary of State in prison and argued politicians should behave more like the fighters he saw hugging it out after fighting at a UFC event he attended recently.
Some of the former president’s supporters want a more robust approach. Raheem Kassam, Editor-in-Chief of The National Pulse, argues the time for by-the-book politics is over.
Trump says “banana republic” lawfare in America “has to stop” – but warns he would have “every right” to go after the Democrats and federal officials who have been persecuting him. pic.twitter.com/EZflvlspdx
— Jack Montgomery (@JackBMontgomery) June 6, 2024
