In a scathing critique, Susan Glasser, a writer for The New Yorker, harshly criticized former President Donald Trump for his use of the term “bloodbath.” Glasser argued that the country has grown accustomed to Trump’s alarming rhetoric, which she described as threatening.
During a rally in Ohio on Saturday, President Trump warned that there would be a “bloodbath” if he does not defeat President Joe Biden in the upcoming November general election. Trump’s allies and supporters clarified that he was referring to the potential economic consequences, particularly in the auto industry.
Donald Trump, it seems to me it’s very hard eight years into this, we still struggle with how to cover him as journalist. But in a way, the unhinged, rambling rants that you see from the former president of the United States are baked in. And I think in a way, we are all desensitized and inured to the extraordinary, remarkable, and very, at times un-American and threatening things that the former president is saying. I’m not saying it’s easy to understand how to cover it, but I think we have to cover it. When the former president, who has already incited violence among his followers, says that there’s going to be a bloodbath, what, after the election, if he does not win, he is telling us what he is going to do.
Some of the panel guests argued that Trump’s remarks about a “bloodbath” were diverting attention from the real concern, which is his proposed 100% tariff on Mexican automobiles. However, Glasser had a different perspective. He believed that Trump’s statements were indicative of his tendency to create a distorted version of reality for America, one that is based on falsehoods.
Donald Trump is attacking in a broad brush sense, the basic pillars of American democracy, period. Full stop. If that’s not news to you, it’s not about tariffs. That’s not the reason why millions of Americans are supporting Donald Trump. Let’s be real about that. You have a Republican congressman who came on here today, and he can’t even condemn in forthright, straightforward, honest terms, the ransacking of the United States Capitol by thousands of Trump supporters.He says, “Well, you know, maybe there’s some problems with that.” Donald Trump opens his campaign rally, Sarah, by saying, these are martyrs, these are victims, these are heroes. His whole campaign now is being built around an alternate reality, by the way, constructed on an enormous number of lie after lie after lie. That’s what he’s peddling to the American people, not tariff policy. He’s peddling an alternate reality vision of America that is built on lies. Let’s be honest about that.
