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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    7 months ago

    Then you don’t know how the economy is measured nor have you bothered to consider the realities of 2024 and the environmental impacts on a small fraction of consumer spending.

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      don’t know how the economy is measured

      please get out your calipers and measure the economy for me oh learned master

      “the economy” isn’t a thing and you don’t measure “the economy”
      purchasing power is way down and people are falling into poverty

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      7 months ago

      Fuck off, genocider. You don’t measure for the people; you’re measuring for your masters. Your numbers, your ‘reality’, is not mine or anyone’s that I live near. Your words, your measurements, and your claimed morals are just as hollow as the rest of the settler cohort’s; you no longer deserve, and are no longer invited to hold dialogue with me.