A Rolling Stone reporter argued Friday that former President Trump wants to create police “death squads” that would shoot criminals and pile their bodies on the streets.
MSNBC host Jonathan Lemire interviewed Asawin Subhsen about his work. I wrote Along with fellow Rolling Stone senior political correspondent Tim Dickinson, he published the headline, “'American Death Squad': Inside President Trump's push to make police more violent.”
President Trump spoke about crime last Sunday at a rally in Erie, Pennsylvania, suggesting that short, decisive periods of law enforcement could significantly reduce crime in the United States.
“It's been a tough hour, and I mean really tough, but as soon as the word gets out, it's going to be over, right? It's going to be over quickly,” Trump said.
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MSNBC host Jonathan Lemire published a book with Rolling Stone's senior political correspondent Tim Dickinson titled “'American Death Squad': Inside President Trump's Move to Make Police More Violent.” I interviewed Asawin Subhsen for the article.
“So there's more to this suggestion than just that President Trump saw the movie 'The Purge' on the plane to the rally,” Lemire said, speaking to Subsen about his work. “Please tell me what you found.”
A Rolling Stone reporter said Trump's comments were “by no means a rhetorical one-off,” adding, “He and his top ideological aides have consistently, even during this campaign, Over the years, including during his administration, he has shown the following: The Department of Justice, the executive branch, and the federal government want to do their best to help. ”
Mr. Subsen claimed that Trump White House insiders said the former president used abusive language to demand a crackdown on criminals.
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“Our sources tell us that during his presidency, he would pound his fist on the Oval Office's sturdy desk and demand, “Why aren't the police running around shooting all kinds of guns?'' Piling up the bodies of street criminals and drug traffickers on American streets sends a very harsh message to America's gangs and other criminal suspects of all kinds. Will it happen? ' the reporter claimed.
“He did this so often and so loudly that some administration officials referred to us as his 'American death squad' initiative, which is his response to what Rodrigo Duterte has done in the Philippines. “It was a lot of praise,” he added. .
Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump finishes a rally at Saginaw Valley State University on October 3, 2024 in Saginaw, Michigan. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
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The reporter admitted that a suicide squad “probably” would not occur, but emphasized that even the possibility is important.
“Is it possible that Mr. Trump, re-elected for a second term, will have exactly that situation? No, probably not. But the point is, he wants to get as close to it as humanly possible. That's amazing to modern Americans.''
Subsen then said that in late 2020, President Trump “conceived the idea of pulling federal funds out of various states and cities that weren't 'pro-cops' enough for his liking or didn't let their police get away with crimes of a high enough degree.” “I toyed with it,” he claimed. Abusive behavior and even racial bias will threaten to withdraw federal funding if they don't get their way. ”
He further claimed that President Trump has been “recently talking to people about using his pardon power to exempt various officials when they are charged with federal crimes.”
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“The second administration, with the help of the executive branch, is working with the Department of Justice to make this country's police force as cartoonishly violent as someone like Donald Trump would want. They're probably planning all kinds of things,” the Rolling Stone reporter said.
“President Trump has always been a law and order president and has repeatedly emphasized the importance of enforcing existing laws. Otherwise, there will be total anarchy, which is what Kamala Harris has created in some of the media.” He especially emboldened criminals during his time as California's attorney general, and now allows criminals and terrorists to cross the border unrestricted, wreaking havoc on entire communities. ”
