Comment by eanzenberg
5 years ago
I think it’s a threat directed at private gun-owning citizens that would be willing to take the law into their own hands. I’m old enough to remember the L.A. riots, where the police essentially peace’d out and let the resulting storm “work” itself out. It was God-awful for everyone involved, from the looters to the business owners to the innocent bystanders watching idly by.
Trump is warning the looters that they are taking their lives in their own hands, not just against the police, but against other private citizens protecting their property.
"a threat directed at" I'm not trying to be pedantic here, forgive me, but I reiterate that it was an observation. Any meaning beyond that is your own. The statement stands as it is, any interpretation by Twitter is editorializing.
This is true, I agree. It was an observation that the people rioting and looting are choosing to put their lives into their own hands.