There was a scholar of fascism that noted that in Weimar Germany, Nazis would say horrific things, they would be called out on it, and then they would say, "It's just a joke, of course we wouldn't round up all the Jews and kill them."
Marshall points out that Trump instinctively does this with his "bloodbath" language. For Trump, though, it's more that "logic" of dominance. He calls the tune, and everyone else has to dance to it. If we are debating whether he meant a metaphorical or literal bloodbath, we are dancing to his tune and profoundly missing the point, which is that he has already tried violence before.
What's going to be interesting is how he reacts to the impending fines in his fraud case. His mental breakdown about this is linked to the fact that he cannot make the judge dance to his tune. All his bullying and braggadocio not only doesn't work, but it backfires.
Trump always seems to slip through the nets of justice, but if he has to pay his fines next week...
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