Is Trump for real?

Today, Explained

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🗓️ 17 October 2024

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Donald Trump talked over the weekend about deploying the military against an "enemy from within." The Washington Post's Isaac Arnsdorf explains how Trump's comments fit into a broader pattern of alarming campaign promises, and New York Times reporter Shawn McCreesh explains whether Republican voters even take this sort of talk seriously. This episode was produced by Victoria Chamberlin with help from Eliza Dennis, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Andrea Kristinsdottir and Rob Byers, and hosted by Noel King. Transcript at vox.com/today-explained-podcast Support Today, Explained by becoming a Vox Member today: http://www.vox.com/members Former President Donald Trump dances during a recent town hall. Photo by JEFF KOWALSKY/AFP via Getty Images. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	At a town hall on Monday, candidate Trump took a 39 minute music break, during which time he said nothing, but he did dance a little.
0:13.2	Unfortunately this is not that episode.
0:16.7	During his latest quest for the presidency
0:19.4	Trump has said the following.
0:21.1	He'd like to be dictator for a day. He'd like one day of unlimited
0:24.9	police violence. He thinks maybe the military should handle Americans who
0:29.2	might disrupt the 2024 election. And the response from his supporters, they would say things like, well, the
0:36.5	dictator for a day thing is obviously a joke. He says that to make you people freak out.
0:41.5	I think he was asked by Maria Bartiromo like what if there's violence
0:45.1	around the election and basically what he said is like send in the National Guard and
0:50.1	send in the military and those people would think hell yeah you should do that.
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