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Laura Coates Live

Trump’s Christmas message to his enemies: “rot in hell”

Laura Coates Live

CNN

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4.22.5K Ratings

🗓️ 27 December 2023

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

On Christmas Day, the former president posted a message which called his opponents thugs, called special counsel Jack Smith deranged, and made a final slam at Smith and Biden writing “rot in hell.” This as 2024 is shaping up to be a busy year for former President Trump and his multiple legal cases. Plus, authorities at the southern border are encountering a record number of migrants. Also, a retrospective on women in the economy in 2023. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

So it was not exactly a silent night for one Donald J Trump. He shared his seasonal wishes on social media in

0:14.8

exactly the way that you might expect. But I warn you, some of this stuff would make

0:19.0

even the Grinch blush.

0:21.6

Hello. Grinch blush. Hello, little girl.

0:27.0

On Christmas Day, the former president posting a message that was just a big old lump of coal in America

0:34.7

stocking writing Merry Christmas to all but then going on to call special

0:40.0

counsel Jack Smith and out-of-control lunatic calling us political opponents

0:43.6

thugs and wrapping it all up by wishing and I'm quoting here may they

0:47.6

rotten hell again Merry Christmas.

0:53.0

There are lots of ways to wish America Merry Christmas.

0:56.6

Felice Naviad, season's greetings, happy holidays,

1:01.7

Merry Christmas. But may They Rotten Hell is not exactly a phrase you'd want to see on a card.

1:08.0

Not that I've gotten my cards out yet, but here's to February.

1:11.0

It's obvious what's got the former president though so worked up.

1:14.4

He's got 91 felony counts and any one of them could potentially land him behind

1:20.4

bars and at this point it's anybody's guess which of all those

1:24.1

legal cases will be the most crucial. This is going to be the year the law rules

1:30.2

are politics in a way it never has before.

1:34.3

With the presidential campaign about to kick into very high year

1:38.6

and the Republican front runner urging

1:41.0

a federal appeals court to throw out the federal election subversion case out of right

1:46.7

here in Washington, D.C. you know, the one over what happened after the last presidential

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