Eliminationist rhetoric de jour
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The president, speaking to a unit of the military:
Trump to the Navy: "We have to take care of this little gnat that's on our shoulder called the Democrats."
[image or embed]— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) Oct 5, 2025 at 1:51 PM
We don’t have to speculate about what the media reaction would be if a Democratic president said anything like this, because when Hillary Clinton said something that out of context sounded like a much milder version of this (although the actual point she was making was the opposite) it’s something we still hear about all the time.