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Trump’s threats against the “radical left” echo a long history

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12.03.2026

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Trump’s threats against the “radical left” echo a long history

Conservatives have often used the federal government to go after protesters and dissenters

Published March 12, 2026 9:45AM (EDT)

Donald Trump doesn’t like protesters — at least the ones who don’t carry tiki torches while chanting “blood and soil” or who storm the Capitol to disrupt the peaceful transfer of power. During his first campaign for president, he was known to encourage people to “knock the hell out of” protesters at his rallies. After the Black Lives Matter protests in 2020, Trump became maniacal in his loathing for what he called the “radical left.” He wanted to unleash the military onto the streets and even tried to order his defense secretary, Mark Esper, to shoot the demonstrators. 

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