Trump's rhetoric is getting scarier

Donald Trump knows how to frighten people. He uses rhetoric which is both alarming and threatening. In his latest speech he referred to many illegal immigrants as "not people" and warned that if he is not reelected in November there will be a "bloodbath". He didn't explain what he meant by bloodbath but his choice of word was obviously very deliberate. He clearly wanted to make his warning ambivalent. Did he mean that if the border situation wasn't cleared up it would lead to a bloodbath - ie on the border? Or did he mean, as a general statement, that if he is not returned to the White House, there will be a bloodbath because his supporters will go on a rampage just like they did on October 6, 2021 after he had lost the 2020 election to Joe Biden? Either way, the Republican party's choice for president has put the country on notice that if voters fail to throw Biden out of the White House, the nation is going to fall into anarchy. It's an alarming and pretty irresponsible prediction. The US Supreme Court judges should take account of Trump's inflammatory language when they make their ruling over whether he should be allowed immunity from prosecution, as he and his lawyers are demanding. Common sense and a basic understanding of the law would seem to suggest that the judges will decide against giving Trump immunity. But just in case any of them are tempted to rule in Trump's favour they should monitor every word spoken by him as the campaign progresses. In the next eight months, Trump's rhetoric is bound to get even more alarmist and threatening.