US President Joe Biden has said he is not confident there will be a peaceful transition of power if Donald Trump loses the presidential election in November.

"[Trump] means what he says, we don’t take him seriously. He means it, all this stuff about ‘if we lose it will be a bloodbath’.”

Mr Trump’s comment that it would “be a bloodbath for the country” if he loses the election, made as he was talking about the auto industry in March, triggered a wave of criticism.

The Trump campaign, however, said the comment was specifically about the auto industry and had been deliberately taken out of context. It sent a fundraising email which said Trump’s political opponents and others had been “viciously” misquoting him.

  • pingveno@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    I think this is ultimately the difference between now and 2020. The fox isn’t guarding the hen house.

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      3 months ago

      Unfortunately it’s not that simple considering a lot of the fuckery is going on at state level, but hopefully