Prominent conservatives are accusing the mainstream media of distorting former President Trump’s “bloodbath” rally remarks about imposing tariffs on Chinese cars. Fox News has the story.
Conservative commentators, Republican lawmakers and others slammed outlets like Rolling Stone, NBC News and CBS News for sharing headlines about Trump claiming there would be a “bloodbath” if he didn’t win re-election that didn’t mention he was referring to the automotive industry.
These critics claimed this was a new, anti-Trump “hoax” being manufactured in real-time.
Trump’s comments came during his recent rally in Ohio on Saturday, where he mentioned putting tariffs on Chinese-made cars that China would sell to Americans.
Addressing Communist Chinese leader Xi Jinping, Trump stated, “If you’re listening, President Xi – and you and I are friends – but he understands the way I deal. Those big monster car manufacturing plants that you’re building in Mexico right now… you’re going to not hire Americans and you’re going to sell the cars to us, no. We’re going to put a 100% tariff on every single car that comes across the line, and you’re not going to be able to sell those cars if I get elected.”
Immediately after, the former President said, “Now if I don’t get elected, it’s going to be a bloodbath for the whole – that’s gonna be the least of it. It’s going to be a bloodbath for the country. That will be the least of it. But they’re not going to sell those cars. They’re building massive factories.”
We are witnessing the invention of the "bloodbath" hoax in real-time
Politico’s headline stated, ‘Trump says country faces ‘bloodbath’ if Biden wins in November.’ NBC News’s headline stated, ‘Trump says there will be a ‘bloodbath’ if he loses the election.’ The headline for CBS News stated, ‘In Ohio campaign rally, Trump says there will be a ‘bloodbath’ if he loses November election.’
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Trump was easily manipulated through his ego into pushing through the Covid Vaccines. Nothing that has happened since or that he has said suggests that he has learnt anything from that episode. Biden’s decline is clearly accelerating. RFK Jr has dropped his Green positions, so he could be an acceptable alternative, but he has no chance according to people who know US politics. Fubar, as the Americans say.
What you just said is like looking at four semi finalists in a football tournament and telling us why they are all bad. Why not try picking a winner instead?——-I want Trump to win that election to put a dent in the Liberal Progressive tyranny. ——I don’t care if he is a very nice man or not. I don’t care if he made mistakes about covid. The threat to the world from leftist ideology (Equality diversity race gender and climate) is huge and all over the western world people are starting to realise that they are being hoodwinked and silenced if they disagree with any of that ideological crap. Socialists don’t like you having a choice because you might not choose them. You see them now aided by OFCOM trying desperately to shut down GB news, because it interferes with their little socialist media club, that decides it is their job to tell us all what we are meant to think.—–I might not agree with people but I don’t want to silence them, but that is what the progressive left does. For that reason I choose Trump because he does not just go along with every leftist pretend to save the planet bul..t.
That is exactly how the system works. Present a bunch of terrible options and then chastise those who don’t want to participate in the “democratic” process.
Maybe Trump will be a huge breath of fresh air and will have a massive impact. I seriously doubt it though. The system is set up so that elected officials have limited power to do anything. And I doubt Trump will be able to change that. But he sure as hell is amazing at selling the idea that he will.
He withdrew from the Paris Agreement. That is doing something is it not? Ofcourse Prime Ministers and Presidents are not Emperors, but I choose the ones that are not just part of the globalist pretend to save the planet mass immigration one world government cabal pretending to represent their voters.
You do know he was elected President in 2016, precisely because he was a breath of fresh air for 70 million or more, and precisely because he was not ‘presented’ as the Establishment’s pre-selected group from which to pick.
The Establishment hate him because he is not one of theirs, not their choice.
I strongly disagree with his trade policy – it’s economic illiteracy – but he’s not a WEF stooge, not in the pocket of big business or big union, and will kick the climate change nonsense into touch (again) – drill baby, drill!
If memory serves me Trump pulled out of the Paris climate accord, stopped funding Terror1st Ted at WHO , didn’t start any overseas conflicts , got USA economy back on track etc Ok so he was blindsided by Fauci but he was the most prominent so called medical expert at the time !!.. Trump is not perfect but he’s our only hope of putting Marx back in his Box !!!!
Thankyou for that. ——I picked out one example (The Paris Agreement) as an example of Trump actually doing something that all the mamby pamby hand wringers in the rest of the western world refuse to do. Probably because it is the issue I am most concerned about as energy is by far the most important commodity for the welfare and prosperity of people. But you gave some other examples ….cheers.
If only his rhetoric was coherent instead of just a disconnected stream of consciousness there would be less opportunity for his words to be taken out of context.
If you say so. But as far as I’m concerned
“Now, if I don’t get elected, it’s going to be a bloodbath for the whole — that’s going to be the least of it, it’s going to be a bloodbath for the country, that’ll be the least of it. But they’re not going to sell those cars, they’re building massive factories.”
is not a current series of sentences. Sure you can interpret what he means but his delivery leaves it open for people to misinterpret him.
Better commentators than I have written “When he’s speaking off the cuff, his rambling remarks can be full of digressions and hard-to-follow tangents. He often jumps to an entirely new thought before finishing his previous one.”
Again, that is not coherence as far as I am concerned.
Note that I did not say his policies are incoherent. I said his rhetoric is incoherent.
Living in the UK for 27 years, I have yet to hear a PM who spoke with honesty, clarity or integrity. Britain is desperately in need of a “leader”. Sadly penny the WEF puppet will only further destroy this country
He certainly has more chance to deliver than politicians in the UK do. —–You can never get away in the US with the stuff that happens in the UK because of the way things work in the Senate.
I don’t think I was.The only time I fail to understand Trump’s speeches is when the media produces incomplete or biassed transcripts. When I go back to the original I find it is fully coherent./ That is called blaming the messenger.
You, along with the rabid media pack – still don’t get it after all these years.
He gets virtually 24/24 free media coverage, which is why he spends very little on campaign media purchase, and a lot of time spouting his disconnected stream.
It’s wrong to assume he doesn’t do things specifically so that the usual loonies will go bonkers and give him all that free publicity.
It certainly just strengthens support in his base, it will make no difference to those with TDS – their derangement is complete – but it will get noticed by others who will see the media, yet again, exposed for what they are.
Oh, yeah, I certaintly hadn’t got that. So his disconnected speeches are carefully crafted that way so as to get him misquoted and give him free media coverage. A bit like Eric Morecambe’s piano playing.
Fair enough.
Trump is a reasonably known quantity. Even if we got an exact rerun of 2016-2020, it would still be vastly better than what has been under Biden.
“Climate” & Energy – Trump’s our guy. No doubt.
Border – Obviously talks the talk.
Ukraine – hopefully will inject some realpolitik
Trade – will hopefully be good for UK, although with Starmer in charge who knows.
Culture wars – satisfactory
Admittedly, it is concerning that he is so pig headed and narcissistic that he still brags about the vaccines. He must know what a large proportion of his supporters think about this. As some Twitter account said: “if he is so clueless about this, what else is he clueless about”.
His comment is in the middle of rant about cars but it makes no direct reference to cars. He just says “If I don’t get elected there is going to be a bloodbath”.
His rant about Chinese cars being manufacture in Mexico is misleading as well. The are being built to supply automotive parts to Tesla as suggested and encouraged by Elon Musk.
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Trump was easily manipulated through his ego into pushing through the Covid Vaccines. Nothing that has happened since or that he has said suggests that he has learnt anything from that episode. Biden’s decline is clearly accelerating. RFK Jr has dropped his Green positions, so he could be an acceptable alternative, but he has no chance according to people who know US politics. Fubar, as the Americans say.
What you just said is like looking at four semi finalists in a football tournament and telling us why they are all bad. Why not try picking a winner instead?——-I want Trump to win that election to put a dent in the Liberal Progressive tyranny. ——I don’t care if he is a very nice man or not. I don’t care if he made mistakes about covid. The threat to the world from leftist ideology (Equality diversity race gender and climate) is huge and all over the western world people are starting to realise that they are being hoodwinked and silenced if they disagree with any of that ideological crap. Socialists don’t like you having a choice because you might not choose them. You see them now aided by OFCOM trying desperately to shut down GB news, because it interferes with their little socialist media club, that decides it is their job to tell us all what we are meant to think.—–I might not agree with people but I don’t want to silence them, but that is what the progressive left does. For that reason I choose Trump because he does not just go along with every leftist pretend to save the planet bul..t.
That is exactly how the system works. Present a bunch of terrible options and then chastise those who don’t want to participate in the “democratic” process.
Maybe Trump will be a huge breath of fresh air and will have a massive impact. I seriously doubt it though. The system is set up so that elected officials have limited power to do anything. And I doubt Trump will be able to change that. But he sure as hell is amazing at selling the idea that he will.
He withdrew from the Paris Agreement. That is doing something is it not? Ofcourse Prime Ministers and Presidents are not Emperors, but I choose the ones that are not just part of the globalist pretend to save the planet mass immigration one world government cabal pretending to represent their voters.
You do know he was elected President in 2016, precisely because he was a breath of fresh air for 70 million or more, and precisely because he was not ‘presented’ as the Establishment’s pre-selected group from which to pick.
The Establishment hate him because he is not one of theirs, not their choice.
I strongly disagree with his trade policy – it’s economic illiteracy – but he’s not a WEF stooge, not in the pocket of big business or big union, and will kick the climate change nonsense into touch (again) – drill baby, drill!
If memory serves me Trump pulled out of the Paris climate accord, stopped funding Terror1st Ted at WHO , didn’t start any overseas conflicts , got USA economy back on track etc
Ok so he was blindsided by Fauci but he was the most prominent so called medical expert at the time !!.. Trump is not perfect but he’s our only hope of putting Marx back in his Box !!!!
Thankyou for that. ——I picked out one example (The Paris Agreement) as an example of Trump actually doing something that all the mamby pamby hand wringers in the rest of the western world refuse to do. Probably because it is the issue I am most concerned about as energy is by far the most important commodity for the welfare and prosperity of people. But you gave some other examples ….cheers.
Trump for president 2024
Trump was no more manipulated over vaccines than almost every politician in the world.
At least asked for advice from three experts, Drs, Scott Atlas, Martin Kuldorff and Jay Battacharya
If only his rhetoric was coherent instead of just a disconnected stream of consciousness there would be less opportunity for his words to be taken out of context.
That’s pretty unfair. He is incredibly coherent and consistent. And uncomplicated. The messages couldn’t be simpler and clearer.
Whether he can deliver on all that he promises is a whole different matter.
If you say so. But as far as I’m concerned
“Now, if I don’t get elected, it’s going to be a bloodbath for the whole — that’s going to be the least of it, it’s going to be a bloodbath for the country, that’ll be the least of it. But they’re not going to sell those cars, they’re building massive factories.”
is not a current series of sentences. Sure you can interpret what he means but his delivery leaves it open for people to misinterpret him.
Better commentators than I have written “When he’s speaking off the cuff, his rambling remarks can be full of digressions and hard-to-follow tangents. He often jumps to an entirely new thought before finishing his previous one.”
Again, that is not coherence as far as I am concerned.
Note that I did not say his policies are incoherent. I said his rhetoric is incoherent.
*coherent, not current. Proof reading failure
Living in the UK for 27 years, I have yet to hear a PM who spoke with honesty, clarity or integrity. Britain is desperately in need of a “leader”. Sadly penny the WEF puppet will only further destroy this country
He certainly has more chance to deliver than politicians in the UK do. —–You can never get away in the US with the stuff that happens in the UK because of the way things work in the Senate.
Considerably better than Biden’s incoherent streams of semi-consciousness.
… who can’t even get it right with a teleprompter.
Be that as it may it does not make Trump’s speeches clearer.
You are using the straw man technique
I don’t think I was.The only time I fail to understand Trump’s speeches is when the media produces incomplete or biassed transcripts. When I go back to the original I find it is fully coherent./ That is called blaming the messenger.
You, along with the rabid media pack – still don’t get it after all these years.
He gets virtually 24/24 free media coverage, which is why he spends very little on campaign media purchase, and a lot of time spouting his disconnected stream.
It’s wrong to assume he doesn’t do things specifically so that the usual loonies will go bonkers and give him all that free publicity.
It certainly just strengthens support in his base, it will make no difference to those with TDS – their derangement is complete – but it will get noticed by others who will see the media, yet again, exposed for what they are.
Oh, yeah, I certaintly hadn’t got that. So his disconnected speeches are carefully crafted that way so as to get him misquoted and give him free media coverage. A bit like Eric Morecambe’s piano playing.
Fair enough.
Actions speak louder than words.
Trump is a reasonably known quantity. Even if we got an exact rerun of 2016-2020, it would still be vastly better than what has been under Biden.
Admittedly, it is concerning that he is so pig headed and narcissistic that he still brags about the vaccines. He must know what a large proportion of his supporters think about this. As some Twitter account said: “if he is so clueless about this, what else is he clueless about”.
Anyway, if I was American I would vote Trump.
Sorry, the MSM are correct.
The Guardian says so.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/mar/17/trump-verbal-gaffes-ohio-rally-bloodbath
So there.
His comment is in the middle of rant about cars but it makes no direct reference to cars. He just says “If I don’t get elected there is going to be a bloodbath”.
His rant about Chinese cars being manufacture in Mexico is misleading as well. The are being built to supply automotive parts to Tesla as suggested and encouraged by Elon Musk.
This is just one more, on an already long list, which will only grow leading up to the elections, of hoaxes put on by the Democrats and/or media …
I get bored by the bleach hoax. Given the video evidence it takes only seconds to debunk.
Babylon Bee
https://babylonbee.com/news/media-reports-trump-threatened-nuclear-war-after-he-says-this-guacamole-is-the-bomb