WATCH: Trump faces awkward silence at UN as his socialism joke bombs
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‘B*tch needs to swing from a tree‘: Civil Air Patrol chief gets job back after lynching threat against lawmaker
Survey ‘proving’ less support for campus free speech funded by notorious oligarchs

100 days of presidential threats

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26 Apr 2017 at 18:03 ET

US President Donald Trump speaks to staff at the Department of Homeland Security in Washington, DC, on January 25, 2017, where he vowed to restore "control" of US frontiers by building a wall on the Mexican border (AFP Photo/Nicholas Kamm)

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By Jennifer Mercieca, Associate Professor of Communication and Director of the Aggie Agora, Texas A&M University . Trump points a finger. AP Photo/Andrew Harnik President Donald Trump threatens people a lot. He menaces, he bullies and then he explains his words away. As a scholar of American political rhetoric, I have paid close attention to Trump’s…

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WATCH: Trump faces awkward silence at UN as his socialism joke bombs

‘Everyone was so joyous’: Witnesses cheered white supremacist punched out for ranting ‘Alex Jones-style’

‘The f*ck is wrong with you’: Internet can’t believe Trump called Kim Jong Un ‘Rocket Man’ at UN speech

WATCH: Senate Judiciary Dem threatens Huckabee Sanders with indictment over Comey intimidation

‘Wow’: Dr. Oz leaves Fox & Friends horror-struck by springing pro-marijuana rant as segment ends

‘Rocket Man is on a suicide mission’: Trump threatens North Korea with total destruction at UN

‘Why didn’t you sue these women?’ Matt Lauer corners Bill O’Reilly on sex harassment in tense interview

Rachel Maddow drips sarcasm after Don Jr. drops Secret Service: ‘There’s all sorts of innocent reasons’

‘B*tch needs to swing from a tree‘: Civil Air Patrol chief gets job back after lynching threat against lawmaker

Survey ‘proving’ less support for campus free speech funded by notorious oligarchs

100 days of presidential threats

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