I don’t endorse making threats against the president or anyone, but I do note there’s a painfully obvious double standard. People who make threats against Trump are arrested and/or go to jail. When Trump makes threats against an entire country, with the very plausible backing of a massive military, no one even blinks anymore. And there’s zero accountability.
Trump Theats
Trump’s idea of how to make a deal apparently:
A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again. — DJT
And as an invitation to our enemies:
They can take out a city…let them take out Los Angeles, let them take out San Diego. — DJT
And more briefly, here’s a partial list of other threats of either violence or political prosecution:
2023, Truth Social: Gen. Mark Milley deserves “DEATH” for perceived disloyalty.
2024, Rally: Liz Cheney should face “a rifle with nine barrels shooting at her face.”
2023, Interview: Immigrants are “poisoning the blood of our country.”
2016, Rally: “Knock the crap out of” protesters; “I’ll pay legal fees.”
2020, X Post: “When the looting starts, the shooting starts.”
2019, Rally: Suggested shooting migrants in the legs to deter crossings.
2018, Interview: Proposed border moats with snakes or alligators.
2024, Speech: Political opponents are “enemies from within,” worse than foreign threats.
2023, Rally: Called Democrats “radical-left thugs” and “vermin.”
2017, Rally: Praised body-slamming a reporter as “my kind of guy.”
2022, Speech: Vowed “retribution” against political foes.
2016, Debate: Called Hillary Clinton a “nasty woman.”
2019, X Post: Labeled journalists “enemies of the people.”
2021, Rally: Called critics “losers” and “scum.”
2018, Interview: Mocked a sexual assault survivor as “not credible.”
2020, Rally: Called protesters “low-life scum” and “animals.”
2023, X Post: Judges are “corrupt dogs” undermining justice.
2016, Speech: Suggested “Second Amendment people” could stop Clinton.
2024, Interview: Threatened to “lock up” political rivals if elected.
Other People
Meanwhile, here’s a short list of the folks that have been arrested and/or gone to jail for threatening Trump:
Three University of South Alabama, Cameron Lewis, Kayla Smith and Amare Woods have been charged with making threats on social media towards Trump. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/10/trump-iran-violence
A Grand Rapids resident James Donald Vance, Jr., age 67, was sentenced to two years in federal prison for posting threatening communications online. https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdmi/pr/2025_1117_Vance_Sentencing_PR
Tyler Leveque posted threats across TikTok, X and Facebook that triggered Secret Service and FBI investigation. https://www.foxnews.com/us/new-mexico-man-jailed-threatening-trump-social-media (granted not a great “source” for actual news)
Trent Schneider, 58, of Winthrop Harbor, was sentenced last week to 38 months in federal prison after being convicted in March of making a true threat… https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/trump-should-be-executed-man-who-threatened-to-kill-president-with-a-lot-of-f-ing-guns-and-insisted-he-was-serious-about-it-learns-his-fate/
Diego M. Villavicencio, 36, pleaded guilty in April to two counts of sending interstate threats, one count of impeding or retaliating against a federal official and one count of threats against the president… https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/local/2026/07/31/florida-man-sentenced-for-violent-threats-targeting-trump/91123174007/
And from the department of totally ridiculous, a federal grand jury indicted former FBI Director James Comey on April 28, 2026, on two counts related to a 2025 social media post. The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) argued that Comey threatened President Trump’s life when he posted a picture on Instagram of seashells spelling out the numbers “86 47.” https://www.nolo.com/news/doj-argues-james-comey-threatened-trump-in-second-indictment.html
Trump famously observed that he could shoot someone on 5th Avenue in New York and his supporters wouldn’t even blink. Does anyone see anything wrong with this picture?