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Donald Trump threatens to imprison Mark Zuckerburg for 'rest of his life' if 'he does anything illegal' over election

news.sky.com Donald Trump threatens to imprison Mark Zuckerburg for 'rest of his life' if 'he does anything illegal' over election

The former president made the claim in a new book, titled Save America, which is a collection of pictures and anecdotes from his presidential campaigns and term in office.

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Last time I checked, the executive didn't decide about indictments or sentences. But I guess that's all going to change if Dementia Don wins.

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- Guantanamo Bay has entered the conversation.
  
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  The argument there was that they were POWs captured on the battlefield, and thus under the purview of the CinC.
  
  There is no way to make that argument regarding Zuckerberg.
  
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- Yeah I was kind of curious as to how this story would be spun into a negative story against Trump. Anyone who does something illegal should be sentenced appropriately. Maybe "the president can't set the sentence" will be the tack with this one?
  
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  If a life sentence is appropriate for interfering with an election, I look forward to Trump's impending life sentence.
  
  Because anyone who does something illegal should be sentenced appropriately, right?
  
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  Yeah I was kind of curious as to how this story would be spun into a negative story against Trump.
  
  That says more about you than it does about the story.
  
  Remember when his senior DOJ staff threatened to quit when he told them that a yes-man would be their boss and help overturn the election? Trump's whole administration was about corrupting the executive branch.
  
  He is a racist traitor who doesn't belong anywhere near power; he should be in prison.
  
  Anyone who continues to support him is a reactionary traitor, too.
  
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  Yeah, how can the potential next head of state threatening a specific individual with an arbitrary sentence of life imprisonment for some vague charge like "doing anything illegal" possibly be spun into a negative story?
  
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  You do realize that when Trump says "anything illegal" he really means "anything I don't like", right?
  
  Also, surely you think that Trump should be sentenced appropriately for violating federal law at Arlington cemetery?
  
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  Have you heard of the separation of powers?
  
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  Diaper Don belongs in prison
  
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Illegal? Like marking legitimate news stories that criticize Trump as spam to scare away voters from reading them?

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- Haha he is probably referring to acquiescing to government requests to censor stories that could help Trump in an election. Which doesn't make the most sense because Zuckerberg himself says that he regrets doing that in the past and won't do it in the future. Maybe he wants to make sure?
  
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  So like this then? https://lemmy.world/post/19224767
  
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  He's probably referring to some delusion he manifested in his own mind during a ministroke he had while pinching off a particularly fat McD's turd.
  
  I will not give him the benefit of the doubt here, you're only assuming he's referencing reality.
  
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Sounds like great incentive for Zuck to do everything in his power to make sure Trump doesn't get reelected.

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- Permanently Deleted
  
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  Tomorrow he won't remember saying it. It'll be a democrats fault.
  
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- Bold to assume supporting anyone but trump is legal (under the trumpian definition of legality).
  
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- Why? Is he breaking the law?
  
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I'd actually prefer the justice system abide by the law and current sentencing guidelines. But like yes, obviously he should be prosecuted if he breaks the law just like...anyone else you might name.

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- Ridiculous. If you can't even rise above the law by inflating your wallet, what incentive is there to get rich. /s
  
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Bit of an empty threat when he can just upload his consciousness into a different copy of his current model.

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Anything illegal in this case = anything trump dislikes.

Full petty dictator mode.

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I mean we should be doing that if that happens.

I love that he only manages to be right about something when he's wrong at a far more fundamental level.

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- Trump legitimately strikes me as "What if the protagonist of the Sonichu comics got elected." Sometimes
  
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Maybe Zucc and Trump can be cellmates

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- I approve this message
  
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It would be cool with me if both Zuckerberg and Donald went to jail for the rest of their lives.

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i'd really enjoy seeing him try

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If it would be a life sentence, then Zuckerburg might as well assassinate him.

(note: this is hypothetical, I'm not advocating Trump's assassination, I much prefer he win less than 40% of the popular vote and less than 200 EVs, and that he runs again for President in 2028, 2032, and 2036)

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- IDK I do not want to see Trump running in 2028, 2032, 2036. I may be voting for him for his policies, but I am growing weary of his rhetoric and antics and am ready to move past him and get to whatever the future of the GOP is going to be. Especially if it's not MAGA.
  
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  What kind of policies are you refering to? Im curious
  
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  You're a fucking fascist then
  
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"The party of law and order"

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Mafia boss strikes again

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Simultaneously, a Brazilian judge is threatening Musk. The judge even seized the Starlink's local accounts (https://g1.globo.com/politica/blog/valdo-cruz/post/2024/08/29/na-falta-de-representante-da-x-no-brasil-stf-bloqueou-recursos-financeiros-da-starlink-de-elon-musk.ghtml) in order to enforce fines against Musk. I'm not entering the merit of the matter, but it's curious the pattern.

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- It's not surprising though. During election season, interested parties both for and against censorship and election interference get more vocal and forceful on the matter.
  
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DonOld the con really meant that if Zuck doesn't make him win he will be very sorry.

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fight! fight!

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Were was this Trump when younger Trump did LOTS of illegal stuff? Maybe he could have threatened him.

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- It's pretty much happening now, although the president isn't the one saying stuff like this, it's the people prosecuting him.
  
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Fascist.

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