Threats (all others)
2016
2016-02-16 After the Pope condemned Trump for “building walls…not bridges”, Trump ranted that the Pope would “wish and pray” that he (Trump) becomes president.
https://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2016-35607597
2023
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”.
2025
2025-10-02 Trump posted an AI generated “reaper” video on Truth Social.
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115307915499158903
2026 March
2026-03-05 Trump indicated Cuba would be next (following Iran), stating it is “going to fall”.
2026 April
2026-04-06 Trump threatened to imprison any journalists who reported the downed-fighter jet search and rescue story.
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 The Pentagon made threats to the new Pope after the Pope criticized Trump. Secretary of Defense for Policy Elbridge Colby said (according to quotes in articles) “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 ARTICLE: Catholic Bishops Deliver Brutal Slap-Down to Convert Vance (The Daily Beast 04/15). Top Catholic advisers to the Pope backed him up after Vance said the Pope should “be careful talking about 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 FBI director Kash Patel told Fox “news” that arrests over the 2020 elections were coming soon.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/19/trump-doj-redoubling-election-scrutiny-efforts-00880159
2026-04-26 The Trump administration threatened the National Trust for Historic Preservation by giving them an April 27 2026 9am deadline to drop their lawsuit halting construction of Trump’s $400M ballroom.
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 New York set to ban ICE from wearing face masks. Border Czar Tom Homan responded to this at a border security expo in Arizona, stating, “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”.