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Former president Donald Trump disseminated on social media on Friday an image of President Biden with his hands and feet tied and his mouth gagged, the latest example of the Republican candidate’s use of increasingly violent rhetoric and imagery this campaign season.

The image can be seen about halfway through a 20-second video that Trump posted on his Truth Social site. The post says it was recorded Thursday on Long Island, where Trump traveled this week to attend a wake for a recently killed police officer.

In the video, two trucks decorated with giant Trump flags and altered American flags are driving on a highway. On the tailgate door of one of the trucks is the image of Biden lying horizontally, bound and gagged.

Trump has a history of sharing and promoting violent images featuring his perceived enemies.

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[–] Soleos 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I think it's one thing for a private citizen to do this, but it would be another thing for a sitting/former president running for election to do the same

[–] Schadrach@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Check the original video he posted. He literally filmed some dick-replacement giant pickups covered in pro-police, pro-Trump, anti-Biden shit, and one of them had this commercially available tailgate decal on it of Biden bound and gagged.

It's in bad taste, sure but it's not something you can honestly treat the way the media is treating this. It's click bait.

[–] Soleos 1 points 8 months ago

How would you describe the media is treating it and how should the media be treating presidents who share such imagery regardless of party?