Threats (all others)
2016
2016-02-16 After Pope Francis criticized Trump’s wall rhetoric, Trump said the Pope would “wish and pray” for his presidency.
https://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2016-35607597
2023
2023-11-11 Trump called his political opponents “vermin” at a rally in Claremont, NH, and pledged to “root them out.”
2023-12-02 During an interview with Steve Bannon, Kash Patel stated, “We will go out and find the conspirators, not just in government but in the media”.
2024
2024-03-16 Trump said during a campaign rally in Vandalia Ohio, “If I don’t get elected, it’s going to be a blood bath for the whole – that’s going to be the least of it. It’s going to be a blood bath for the country. That’ll be the least of it. But they’re not going to sell those cars”.
https://www.marca.com/en/lifestyle/us-news/2024/03/17/65f6f8c946163f0d418b456a.html
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-bloodbath-loses-election-2024-rcna143746
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/03/16/trump-bloodbath-biden-november-00147453
2025
2025-09-17 Sinclair Broadcasting demanded the FCC and ABC take further action on Kimmel to make a direct apology to the Kirk family and make a meaningful personal donation to Turning Point USA.
2025-09-17 Brendan Carr said on a Benny Johnson podcast, “When you look at the conduct that has taken place by Jimmy Kimmel, it appears to be some of the sickest conduct possible…I mean, look, we can do this the easy way or the hard way. These companies can find ways to change conduct and take action. Frankly, on Kimmel, or there’s gonna be additional war for the FCC ahead”.
2025-10-02 Trump posted an AI-generated “Fear the Reaper” music video on Truth Social featuring himself as the Grim Reaper.
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115307915499158903
2026 March
2026-03-05 Trump suggested Cuba could become a future target of U.S. pressure, saying it was “going to fall.”
2026 April
2026-04-06 Trump threatened imprisonment against any journalists covering a downed-fighter-jet rescue operation.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/06/politics/journalist-missing-airmen-trump-jail
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/04/06/trump-leak-missing-pilot-jail-threat-media/
2026-04-08 Pentagon official Elbridge Colby threatened Pope Leo XIV, saying, “The United States has the military power to do whatever it wants in the world. The Catholic Church had better take its side”.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qZkia_-POE&list=WL&index=6&t=27s
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/pentagon-threatened-pope-criticized-trump-212552754.html
https://www.thefp.com/p/why-the-vatican-and-the-white-house
PAY WALL https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-official-gives-vatican-bitter-lecture-amid-growing-rift/
2026-04-15 JD Vance and Mike Johnson lashed out at the Pope for criticizing Trump’s elective war in Iran. Vance threatened the Pope should “be careful talking about theology,” while Johnson cited “Just War Doctrine.” The Pope later warned against manipulating religion for political, economic, or military purposes and condemned a world “ravaged by a handful of tyrants.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taNi3btpaLs&list=WL&index=1
https://www.americamagazine.org/vatican-dispatch/2026/04/16/pope-leo-cameroon-peace/
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/news-wrap-pope-warns-of-tyrants-spending-billions-on-wars https://catholicreview.org/us-bishops-doctrine-chair-defends-churchs-just-war-tradition-after-vance-comments/
SUBSCRIPTION WALL https://www.thedailybeast.com/catholic-bishops-deliver-brutal-slap-down-to-convert-jd-vance-after-lecturing-pope-leo-xiv-on-theology/
SUBSCRIPTION WALL https://www.thedailybeast.com/catholic-bishops-deliver-brutal-slap-down-to-convert-jd-vance-after-lecturing-pope-leo-xiv-on-theology/
2026-04-20 Kash Patel told Fox that arrests connected to the 2020 election would be forthcoming.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/19/trump-doj-redoubling-election-scrutiny-efforts-00880159
2026-04-26 The Trump administration threatened the preservation group National Trust for Historic Preservation to drop lawsuits against the White House ballroom project.
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5850391-whca-shooting-trump-ballroom/
https://apnews.com/article/todd-blanche-white-house-ballroom-trump-1d063b208677631cb964c6c8ff64bd96
2026-04-28 Shortly after Trump and First Lady Melania Trump demanded Jimmy Kimmel be fired, the FCC opened an investigation into ABC and Disney for DEI practices.
https://abcnews.com/US/fcc-orders-early-review-abcs-broadcast-licenses/story?id=132466823
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fcc-disney-abc-early-license-renewal-jimmy-kimmel-dei/
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/fcc-threatens-abcs-licenses-as-trumps-call-for-kimmels-firing
2026 May
2026-05-07 Border czar Tom Homan responded to New York’s proposed ban on masked ICE agents by promising expanded immigration enforcement operations in the state. During a border security expo in Arizona he said, “So what’s going to happen to places like New York and these other people that want to pass this ridiculous legislation not to work with us? We’re going to flood the zone. You’re going to see more ICE agents you ever seen before. So congratulations, because when we send these teams out there, we’ll find a bad guy. Most times we do. And when we find a bad guy, he’s with others. Others who may not be a priority target, but they’re in the country illegally. They weren’t people we’re looking for,. But we found them during these operations. Well guess what? They’re coming too”.
2026 June
2026-06-26 Two federal officers showed up at a polling office in Syracuse New York to threaten a woman for posting on social media criticizing ICE officers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuN7H9Kl-cM&list=WL&index=3
https://apnews.com/article/ice-poll-worker-syracuse-fa082f8ac25d019e93b526fdef37df6c
2026-06-30 Federal agents showed up to a man’s house in Rochester New York with threats and a letter demanding he remain silent after he emailed the ICE director in condemnation of harsh immigration policies.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iL1oh6NbfUo&list=WL&index=4
https://www.npr.org/2026/07/01/nx-s1-5874124/dhs-tracks-ice-critic
2026 July
2026-07-01 Elon Musk threatened to sue anyone who talks about DOGE cuts.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/elon-musk-threatens-sue-ro-khanna-usaid-cuts-sentenced-children-death
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFyNFxcg4SM&list=WL&index=4
2026-07-07 The DOJ sent threatening letters to election officials warning they will face criminal prosecution over noncitizen voting. Hermeet Dhillon warned that she will be sending election monitors.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/08/trump-administration-voter-election-crackdown
2026-07-11 The DOJ subpoenaed New York Times reporters for reporting about Air Force One.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-nyt-air-force-one-qatari-jet-e2c798a95a1e41077d2cae969774df91
https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/11/politics/new-york-times-trump-subpoenas-journalists
2026-07-24 During the rescheduled correspondence dinner Trump quipped, “This place is really the largest group of Trump derangement syndrome people ever put together at one time, I suspect. Some of you are lucky that our last dinner was cut short, because I had brought with me what would possibly have been—I’m telling you, I had something. I was going to go after you…” and subsequently, “Your lives were really in danger the last time. But on the plus side, your careers were saved”. Then he took jabs at Kaitlan Collins, mocked Dylan Mulvaney, insulted Anderson Cooper and Don Lemon, and targeted opponents.
THE CLIP https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sK6tA74tOaE
KAITLAN COLLINS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQjg_TtO71o
KAITLAN COLLINS https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/trump-hijacks-correspondents-dinner-speech