Former President Donald Trump's recent declaration of a potential "bloodbath" if he loses the upcoming election to Joe Biden has ignited concerns among experts and political pundits.
They warn that Trump's provocative language could drive the already divided nation toward further unrest, with some fearing the specter of open rebellion reminiscent of the January 6 Capitol Hill uprising. Trump's comments have intensified the political climate, suggesting a perilous path for American democracy.
Trump made the dire declaration during a campaign speech in Dayton, Ohio, on March 16, ominously predicting the demise of democracy if he does not defeat incumbent Joe Biden in the polls.
“If we don’t win this election, I don’t think you’re going to have another election in this country,” Trump blustered, as per Reuters. The ex-POTUS was previously criticized for praising Nazi leader Adolf Hitler, Russian dictator Vladimir Putin and North Korean strongman Kim Jung-un.
Experts describe his bombastic oratory as "thinly veiled warnings as clear as a shotgun blast." "He's threatening open rebellion—again," a Washington, D.C. source said to The National Enquirer, citing the Capitol Hill uprising on January 6, 2021. Over 2,000 Trump supporters stormed the United States Capitol as Congress certified Biden's victory in the 2020 presidential race after the sore loser urged his fervent supporters to "fight like hell."
Five people died within 36 hours of the rampage, and scores were injured, including 174 police officers. In the aftermath, Trump was indicted on federal charges for attempting to overturn the presidential election. Surprisingly, 718 of his followers were found guilty of participating in the January 6 coup attempt.
Critics argue that Trump's recent statements are not the first time he has attempted to incite public outrage this year. In January, Melania Trump's husband, currently leading Biden by a ten-point margin in polls, warned that there would be "big, big trouble" if the U.S. Supreme Court did not reinstate him on the 2024 Colorado presidential ballot.
His statement came after the state's highest court barred him from running for office due to the Capitol melee. The Supreme Court later unanimously reinstated him, arguing that only Congress can make such an extraordinary decision. Experts believe the decision prevented a disaster.
“There’s have been blood on the streets if they didn’t let him run. His supporters – and there are millions of them – would have gone bananas,” an insider told National Enquirer.
Last spring, the embattled billionaire urged his supporters to protest if he was arrested in New York on charges of falsifying business records to conceal secret hush money payments he had made to his alleged extramarital lovers, including p*rn star Stormy Daniels.
Trump was later indicted on 34 counts of felony, and small skirmishes erupted near the Manhattan courthouse where the former president pleaded not guilty. The politician's camp has claimed that his "bloodbath" remark referred to the potential effects of a second Biden term on the US automotive industry.
However, sources warn that such explosive rhetoric may still incite violence. As previously reported by the National Enquirer, experts believe gender and identity politics, immigration debates, and gun rights are already dividing the United States. Furthermore, the Supreme Court's 2022 decision to overturn Roe v. Wade resulted in laws prohibiting nearly all abortions in 13 states, with more expected to follow.
“Things are worse now than at any time since the height of the protest movement in the late ‘60s. There are real, deep divisions in this country, rifts that only seem to be getting wider,” presidential historian Leon Wagener.
According to a recent University of Chicago poll, 28% of Americans believe it will "soon be necessary to take up arms" against the government. Of the 10,000 people polled, 37% owned a firearm.
“The violence is evident across America. There are bombing of abortion clinics, the Jan. 6 assault, the armed attempt to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020. There is serious reason for concern,” New York-based political consultant Mark Grimm told The National Enquirer.
Yet Trump, who has denied all criminal wrongdoing, defiantly refuses to tone down his rants. "He doesn’t give a damn if the country burns. All he cares about is feeding his ego, redeeming his humiliating 2020 loss, and staying out of jail. Donald Trump only cares about one person – Donald Trump,” the informant fumed.
Donald Trump has yet comment on the claims that his remarks raises alarms over potential for violence and deeper national divide.
