[Lazamataz]

I think he was referring to martial law

Then you are assuming the first interpretation. I actually embrace the second interpretation, especially since he clarified what he posted, in a later post.

Of course, which of the two interpretations is really true, is not my point. My point is, why leave room for doubt and room for purposed misinterpretation (by the press)?

[Empire_of_Liberty]

I think Trump is very careful. I believe he articulates this way on purpose and that purpose is to bring what coverage he can, to his ideas.

The Rats and their pet monkeys in the media hate him, and all free Americans. They wouldn’t give him the time of day if they could help it, so he pulls their chain.

The presstitutes would like him to sound like Pence - and he would never get coverage at all.

[rlmorel]

Laz, in reality, it doesn't make any difference that there is room for "purposed misinterpretation".

This is what the Left and Deep State do. They are going to deliberately misinterpret what someone like Trump says, and if the deliberate misinterpretation does not suffice, they will simply outright lie.

They know they will not be called out.

And they know the lie will travel around the world before the truth gets its pants on.

They will treat any number of Republicans with faux deference and seeming respect if they speak out against Trump. They will make those politicians out to be the pinnacle of reason, and the paragons of virtue.

And once they have destroyed Trump, if they succeed at that goal, and DeSantis or any number of Republicans obtain the 2024 nomination for the candicacy, they will pivot on a dime, and heap the same slanders and deliberate misinterpretations of statements onto them.

We should be less concerned about how the Left interprets Trump, and more concerned about the validity of his statement even if the verbiage is either clumsy or open to misinterpretation.

It is clear to me that Trump's statement resounded with the principles outlined in the Declaration of Independence, not with the principles of a Tyrant wishing to obtain and hold power.

The Left has determined that they can twist, fold, bend, spindle, and mutilate the Constitution, and there are not going to be any ramifications.

When a large proportion of the country not only fails to recognize the limits imposed by the Constitution, and there are no ramifications, we no longer live in a Constitutional Republic.

We agree as Americans to be governed under this Constitution if two conditions are met:

1. Everyone should be governed by the same laws and Constitutional guidelines and be required to observe them.
   
   
2. We should be able to choose who governs us in free and fair elections.

Those two things constitute a sacred covenant.

And they are not being met. They have not been for some time.

Trump is exactly right on this. People just cannot face the truth.

I know you and I disagree on Trump, as I do with many Freepers. But this isn't pro-this-person or anti-that-person.

This is just stating the reality of where we are, and I think we are making a grave mistake by not acknowledging this reality as Trump did, however clumsily some perceive it.

[SecondAmendment]

> ... I actually embrace the second interpretation, especially since he clarified what he posted, in a later post....

This is where I get confused since the second interpretation would logically lead to a civil war.

However the amount of government corruption is so high it does seem like a second revolution is the only way to restore our Constitutional Republic as founded.

[ExGeeEye]

...why leave room for doubt and room for purposed misinterpretation (by the press)?

Cue Admiral Ackbar.

[Laslo Fripp]

Bad publicity is better than no publicity.

President Trump loves the attention.

He is also smarter than 99% of us. He knows what he is doing.

[stockpirate]

The first statement brought more attention the election fraud, just as the second statement did. It’s a wakeup call