Donald Trump is back after a strong victory against his Democratic rival Kamala Harris. During a vitriolic campaign, he vowed revenge against his political opponents, critics and members of the media. Now, as the most powerful man in the country… the world… there is a growing fear that he might act on his threats.

For years, even after being voted out of office, the Republican politician warned that he would jail and even sue his rivals. He talked about it in his speeches and wrote about it in his social media posts. As the US approached election day, he emphasized revenge and retribution. Trump’s “Nixon-style enemies list” became a talking point because Harris mentioned it.

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On Sunday before the country went to the polls, the now president-elect told a rally in Georgia: “We are on the cusp of the greatest four years in American history. You watch. It will be so good. It’s going to be so much fun.”

“It will be ugly, sometimes and maybe in the beginning especially. But it will be something,” he added.

Who is on Trump’s list? And will he target them when he takes over in January?

US President Joe Biden

Donald Trump has accused US President Joe Biden of being corrupt. In June, he retweeted a post on his Truth Social that said “crooked” Biden should be “arrested for treason.” In a speech last year, Trump said: “I will appoint a real special prosecutor to go after the most corrupt president in the history of the United States of America, Joe Biden, and the entire Biden crime family.”

US Vice President Kamala Harris

In September, while campaigning in
swing state Pennsylvaniawhich Trump has now won, he baselessly demanded that Vice President Kamala Harris “be impeached and prosecuted for her actions” while talking about the illegal border crossing, which he called an “invasion” .

Former US President Barack Obama

Trump went after former US President Barack Obama. In August, the president-elect reposted a message on Twitter Social calling for “public military tribunals” for the Democrat.

In 2020, Trump accused Obama of “treason” over what the president-elect said was surveillance of his 2016 presidential campaign over his ties to Russia.

Former Speaker of the US House, Nancy Pelosi

In September, Trump called for former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to be “tried.” He said Pelosi should face criminal charges in a case involving her husband.

Paul Pelosi sold over $500,000 worth of Visa stock just before the company faced serious federal antitrust charges.

In an earlier speech, he said Pelosi “could have gone to jail” for destroying a copy of Trump’s State of the Union address while sitting behind him in the US House in 2020.

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton

Trump defeated Hillary Clinton in 2016. During campaign rallies, he often said, “Shut it up,” while suggesting that he used a private email account while he was US Secretary of State . The FBI’s investigation into the case has not led to any charges, according to a report in the Political.

Now years later, the president-elect continues to target Clinton. In an interview in June, he said the former administrator should be prosecuted. “Wouldn’t it be terrible to throw the President’s wife and the former secretary of state in jail? … It’s a terrible, terrible way they’re leading us and it’s very possible that this will happen to them,” he told one channel mediate.

TRUMP ON HILLARY: “Wouldn’t it be terrible to throw the president’s wife and former secretary of state in jail? Wouldn’t that be a terrible thing? But they want to do it! It’s a terrible, terrible path they’re leading us down, and it’s very possible that they have… pic.twitter.com/809sTkf9wM

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Former Congresswoman Liz Cheney

Donald Trump and
Liz Cheney they hung out with each other throughout the 2024 presidential campaign. The former congresswoman endorsed Kamala Harris before the election.

She was targeted by Trump for her role on the January 6 committee that investigated the US Capitol riots. He accused her of treason and hinted at violent revenge. At an event last week in Arizona, Trump hit out at Cheney, calling her a “troubled person.” “The reason he couldn’t stand me is that he always wanted to go to war with people. If it were up to her, we’d be in 50 different countries.”

In March, he told Truth Social that Cheney “should go to jail.”

Special Counsel Jack Smith

Special counsel Jack Smith brought two federal criminal charges against Trump and faced his wrath for it. In a radio show last month, the president-elect called Smith “mentally deranged” and said he should be “kicked out of the country.”

He posted a message again in August that referred to the special counsel as “Jackal Smith” and a “career criminal.”

After Trump’s victory, Smith is talking to the leadership of the US Department of Justice about how to end the federal cases against Trump, a DOJ official said. CNN.

Trump accused Meta of election interference. He claims the company, which owns Facebook and Instagram, suppressed information that was damaging to Biden during the 2020 US presidential election.

The president-elect also criticized CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla for donating to improve election infrastructure. “We are watching him closely and if he does anything illegal this time, he will spend the rest of his life in prison,” he wrote in his book published in September.

Trump’s former lawyer, Michael Cohen

Trump says he will not spare former allies who have turned against him. One of them includes Michael Cohen, his former lawyer and fixer, who became a key witness in the
quiet money process against the president-elect.

“Cohen should be prosecuted for his lie and all the turmoil and expense he has put the DA’s office through,” Trump wrote on Truth Social last year.

Trump’s list of the “enemy within” is exhaustive. The others include New York Attorney General Letitia James, who filed a lawsuit against him alleging fraud in his business empire, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, who brought the case that led to his conviction in the hush money case, former director FBI James Comey, whom he fired in 2017 and Biden’s son
Hunter Bidenamong others.

While some supporters say the threats were just part of the campaign rhetoric, there are fears that Trump could take the “revenge” he promised. He won’t run for office again, and a Supreme Court ruling now gives former presidents broader immunity from criminal liability once they’re gone, it reports. Political.

But is this enough to encourage Trump? Only time will tell.

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