Here are 8 times Trump proudly shared his most twisted fantasies
By Oliver Willis, Daily Kos Staff
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| Trump inspects Alligator Auschwitz in Florida |
The so-called “Alligator Alcatraz” brings to life Trump’s lurid
fantasies of using wild, violent animals in detaining immigrants, but
it’s also a reminder that Trump has spent decades publicly fantasizing about
his twisted desires.
Here are 8 other times when Trump subjected us all to the gruesome visions bouncing around in his head.
1. Executing the Exonerated Five
Trump ran a full-page newspaper ad in 1989 calling for the
execution of the Exonerated Five—known at the time as the Central Park Five.
The 5 teenage boys, who were Black and Latino, were completely innocent.
Years later, after DNA evidence and a confession
conclusively proved their innocence, they were released from prison after
spending between 6 and 13 years inside. Still, Trump refuses to acknowledge
that he was wrong.
2. Shooting immigrants in the legs
He also reportedly wanted to put spikes along border walls
and electrify immigrants. It was during this frenzy that he apparently began
falling in love with surrounding immigrants with alligators and snakes.
3. Shooting protesters
The
authoritarian idea was reportedly in response to the protests for racial
justice following the police killing of George Floyd in 2020.
Esper said that he and other military leaders were taken
aback when Trump asked, “Can't you just shoot them, just shoot them in the legs
or something?”
Trump was upset because he thought that the protests made
the country look weak.
4. Immigrant blood sports
While campaigning last year, Trump told his supporters that he told Ultimate Fighting
Championship CEO Dana White that he’d like to see immigrants forced into
gladiatorial combat.
“I said, ‘Dana, I have an idea. Why don’t you set up a
migrant league of fighters and have your regular league of fighters, and then
you have the champion of your league—these are the greatest fighters in the
world—fight the champion of the migrants.’ I think the migrant guy might win;
that’s how tough they are,” he said.
5. Murdering the families of terrorists
When he was first running for office in 2015, Trump was
trying to prove that he had the best policy to combat international terrorism:
murder.
“The other thing with the terrorists is you have to take out
their families, when you get these terrorists, you have to take out their
families. They care about their lives, don’t kid yourself. When they say they
don’t care about their lives, you have to take out their families,” he told Fox News.
At the time, Israeli counterterrorism expert Boaz Ganor made clear in a CNN interview that this fantasy
of Trump’s would be a “war crime.”
6. Reopening Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary
“I am directing the Bureau of Prisons, together with the
Department of Justice, FBI, and Homeland Security, to reopen a substantially
enlarged and rebuilt ALCATRAZ, to house America’s most ruthless and violent
Offenders,” he wrote on Truth Social.
There are nearly
2 million people incarcerated in the United States—the largest rate of
incarceration in the world. There isn’t any need to reopen Alcatraz beyond
feeding Trump’s sick desires.
7. Turning the Gaza Strip into a resort
In February, he posted an AI-generated video that showed Gaza morphing into a gold-covered luxury resort, which included statues of Trump and Elon Musk.
That same month, Trump said that Palestinians should be forcefully
relocated after a U.S. takeover.
EDITOR'S NOTE: Forced displacement is a war crime. As the International Committee of the Red Cross notes:
Rule 129.
A. Parties to an international armed conflict may not deport or forcibly transfer the civilian population of an occupied territory, in whole or in part, unless the security of the civilians involved or imperative military reasons so demand.
B. Parties to a non-international armed conflict may not order the displacement of the civilian population, in whole or in part, for reasons related to the conflict, unless the security of the civilians involved or imperative military reasons so demand.
8. A third Trump term
Trump’s second term has been constant mayhem, abuse, and
scandal—even worse than his first term. The Constitution prohibits presidents
from serving more than two terms, but Trump has made it clear that he has no
respect for the law.
He has repeatedly floated the idea of running for
office again and serving for another four years.
“I think I'm not allowed to run again. I'm not sure. Am I allowed to run again?” he said to House Republicans in January.
He isn’t.
And, of course, Noem infamously posed for photos in front of immigrants being detained
in El Salvador’s notoriously violent CECOT prison.
Americans’ pride in their nation has never been lower. Having a leader like Trump, who
uses his presidential power to bring to life his gruesome and embarrassing
fantasies, has no doubt contributed significantly to those negative feelings.
