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Former president Donald Trump disseminated on social media on Friday an image of President Biden with his hands and feet tied and his mouth gagged, the latest example of the Republican candidate’s use of increasingly violent rhetoric and imagery this campaign season.

The image can be seen about halfway through a 20-second video that Trump posted on his Truth Social site. The post says it was recorded Thursday on Long Island, where Trump traveled this week to attend a wake for a recently killed police officer.

In the video, two trucks decorated with giant Trump flags and altered American flags are driving on a highway. On the tailgate door of one of the trucks is the image of Biden lying horizontally, bound and gagged.

Trump has a history of sharing and promoting violent images featuring his perceived enemies.

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[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 50 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 15 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Now we know what Big Don is into.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Let's be honest, he's never kept his desires private.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 14 points 5 months ago (1 children)

IDK, I thought he was only into 20-30yo women, so the 80yo man was a bit of a surprise.

[–] Noodle07@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

20? Too old

[–] oxjox@lemmy.ml 48 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (7 children)

I don't like saying this but I will forgo any of my liberal socialist ideals if Biden wants to do whatever it takes to get votes from republicans.

Edit: Man, you people are sad little trolls. Go spend some time out in the IRL world. It's genuinely depressing to see so many keyboard warriors spend their time regurgitating the talking points from the comfort of their echo chamber.

To clarify my meaning, whether you agree with my politics or not, I think Biden has been a far better president than anyone could have hoped for (possibly the best I can recall) but I still have a philosophical disagreement with him when it comes to protections and equity for all. I believe there are some programs that the federal government should run to give all Americans the best opportunities (education, healthcare, housing, UBI, etc) and I believe that taking excessive capitalist gains from the ultra wealthy is a small drop in the bucket to promote some fairness. I will lean back on these philosophical ideas which I've had little hope of a centrist of adopting and encourage him to lean further right if that means he can take some votes away from the inarguably worst president in modern times (yes, worse than Regan).

If you think Trump should be the leader of the US, that he some how represents or understands democracy, that he cares about you or the United States, that he's a good president or person, or is better than Biden in any regard, you and I are not existing in the same solar system so there's no point in arguing. I don't have anything against Republicans but the extreme and religious conservatives and the MAGA cult do not align with the freedoms dreamed by our founders or promised in the Constitution of the US.

[–] alquicksilver@lemmy.world 28 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I would also not be opposed to Biden testing his own Presidential Immunity™ on Trump and his cronies, and I hate that I feel that way.

[–] JoeBigelow@lemmy.ca 7 points 5 months ago

Heck, he could shoot a guy on 5th avenue and get away with it. A specific guy

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[–] Alsephina@lemmy.ml 39 points 5 months ago (1 children)

What are they doin over there 😳

[–] metallic_substance@lemmy.world 13 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Becoming full-blown fascists

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[–] TIMMAY@lemmy.world 38 points 5 months ago (1 children)

So is that not a threat against the president of the united states?

[–] Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world 18 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

Not when a white male conservative does it. It's "just kidding" when they do it.

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[–] lemmylem@lemm.ee 37 points 5 months ago (3 children)
[–] Breezy@lemmy.world 41 points 5 months ago (4 children)
[–] poweruser@lemmy.sdf.org 21 points 5 months ago

He doesn't appear to be gagged in this pic. Maybe they're referring to a different violent image

[–] Breezy@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago

Well hes not gagged. So maybe theres an even worse one.

[–] whostosay@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I like how even in this, they're shitty at binding someone. They can't even pretend to do things correctly.

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[–] Guntrigger@sopuli.xyz 6 points 5 months ago (6 children)

Is that actually painted on someone's truck? I kinda hope so because it's so shoddy. The perspective doesn't even line up for the truck bed.

[–] Breezy@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago

Its a wrap. And they're real. Shouldnt be allowed but here we are. Had anyone had something like this with bush bound and gagged after 2001 they wouldve been arrested and tried in a heartbeat.

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[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 15 points 5 months ago (2 children)

All you have to do is Google "Biden Tailgate Wrap". There are many variations for sale all over the internet. $50 to $70.

Trump deserves some blame for sharing it, but the real blame needs to be on the people producing and using it.

[–] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world 23 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Hmmm, people producing it deserve blame, but it's not like you or me sharing a pic, this is a candidate for president of the United States posting it about his political rival. I think that's a worse offense, no matter how common they might be.

[–] meliaesc@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

His political rival and the current president.

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[–] Dramaking37@lemmy.world 26 points 5 months ago

Interestingly, Donald Trump's argument about presidential immunity suggests that Biden could do that to him and it legally okay to do so.

[–] ME5SENGER_24@lemmy.world 24 points 5 months ago (2 children)

How is this orange sack of shit not sitting in a tiny cell yet?!?

[–] DrSleepless@lemmy.world 11 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] snekerpimp@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

More likely Epstein level of blackmail

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[–] LordCrom@lemmy.world 22 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Anyone else that did this would get visited by very angry men in dark suits.

I suppose if it's ok for Trump to do, then I could post an image of Trump bound and gagged?

[–] Schadrach@lemmy.sdf.org 15 points 5 months ago (4 children)

Kathy Griffin and at least a couple of art galleries have depicted Trump decapitations, during his presidency. They all got some shit publicly because of it (mostly upset right wingers) but no one was arrested or subjected to anything by the government, no matter how much said angry right wingers asked.

This is just the party flipped version of the same sort of thing. Watching just how many people start pearl clutching at only one of these is kinda amusing.

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[–] cosmicrookie@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

The post is actually about in someone else doing it. It even seems like it is not rare

Actually, anyone should be allowed to do so and id like to think that you could. The fact that Trump does though is problematic.

[–] Yerbouti@lemmy.ml 20 points 5 months ago (8 children)

Hexbear users are always willing to defend far-right activists in some twisted logic. You people should merge with the proud boys, they hate libs too.

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[–] lurch@sh.itjust.works 19 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] misterdoctor@lemmy.world 13 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Putting the erection in insurrection

[–] ASeriesOfPoorChoices@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

all the way in.

[–] dhork@lemmy.world 17 points 5 months ago (3 children)

If anyone else had done that, the Secret Service would be after them. But since it's Donald Trump, the Secret Service protects him.

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[–] marcie@lemmy.ml 16 points 5 months ago
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