According to an excerpt from a new book from the Wall Street Journal's Michael Bender, former president Donald Trump flew into a rage after it was leaked that he fled to a secure White House bunker as protests mounted outside over the murder of George Floyd by a white cop.
Bender reported Trump held a tense meeting where he demanded high-ranking members find the leaker before blurting, "Whoever did that, they should be charged with treason! They should be executed!"
Critics of the president reacted on Twitter with both disgust and -- in some cases a lack of surprise the former president would act like a dictator and seek retribution against anyone who dared to make him look weak.
As one commenter succinctly put it: "That's what crazy dictators do."
You can read more in that vein below:
Who let him out of the bunker..thats the crime— Cee fee (@Cee fee) 1626182008
But he didn\u2019t go there on 1/6 did he?— Stacy Vickery (@Stacy Vickery) 1626182930
Trump really thought he was a king. What a loserpic.twitter.com/KxRotamtxl— Margarita (@Margarita) 1626182929
"Then-President Donald Trump was furious after the media reported that he and his family hid in the White House bunker during the George Floyd protests" What a brave little bunker boy.— Roy Rogers (@Roy Rogers) 1626186700
Chickenshit Trump has hid in his bunker every time there is a threat. He is a coward. He\u2019s only good if he\u2019s getting protection.\nPissing in his diapers.— David Stein (@David Stein) 1626181448
He wasn\u2019t upset at over 600K deaths due to his incompetent pandemic management but he was the most upset aides had ever seen him when it was leaked that he fled to the bunker & he was exposed as a coward which everyone already knew #TrumpFailedAmericahttps://www.cnn.com/2021/07/13/politics/trump-white-house-bunker-leak-executed-treason-book-claims/index.html\u00a0\u2026— \u14aaI\u1614\u15e9\u15f7E\u14aa\u14aa\u15e9 \ud83d\udc89\ud83c\udf69\ud83c\udf0a\ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08\ud83d\udc3e\ud83d\udc31\ud83d\udc36\ud83d\udc28\ud83d\udc3e\ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\u26a7\ufe0f\ud83c\udf0a\ud83c\udf69 (@\u14aaI\u1614\u15e9\u15f7E\u14aa\u14aa\u15e9 \ud83d\udc89\ud83c\udf69\ud83c\udf0a\ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08\ud83d\udc3e\ud83d\udc31\ud83d\udc36\ud83d\udc28\ud83d\udc3e\ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\u26a7\ufe0f\ud83c\udf0a\ud83c\udf69) 1626186452
Well isn't that uncivilized. Barbaric Monster. Nothing but a wannabe Hitler. #hedoesnthavetheballshttps://www.cnn.com/2021/07/13/politics/trump-white-house-bunker-leak-executed-treason-book-claims/index.html\u00a0\u2026— Sondra (@Sondra) 1626184846
Bunker Boy didn\u2019t like us knowing he hid in a bunker.https://apple.news/AywZNplJ_Re2D2al2G8xWww\u00a0\u2026— The Office of Upright \u274c (@The Office of Upright \u274c) 1626185234
Just as we thought...TFG was INDEED a #BunkerBitchhttps://www.cnn.com/2021/07/13/politics/trump-white-house-bunker-leak-executed-treason-book-claims/index.html\u00a0\u2026— Kae Dee \ud83d\ude37 (@Kae Dee \ud83d\ude37) 1626182675
What if it was Ivanka or Melania that leaked it ?— D Anthony (@D Anthony) 1626182957
That's what crazy dictators do.pic.twitter.com/0IDkCYhDu3— Bob Loblaw (@Bob Loblaw) 1626181575
Well then what about you?https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/13/politics/trump-white-house-bunker-leak-executed-treason-book-claims/index.html\u00a0\u2026— Jacqueline (@Jacqueline) 1626182905
So he was in the bunker during the black lives matter protest but he wasn't in the bunker on January 6th that should tell all of America something that he planned it"Trump said whoever 'leaked' info on his White House bunker stay should be 'executed— Johnny mal (@Johnny mal) 1626182845
If America was to ever consider executing anyone it would be an insurrectionist not a person who leaked trivial info on an elected leader. Dump is behaving like a North Korean dictator, and his Reich is loving it. #Authoritarianismhttps://www.cnn.com/2021/07/13/politics/trump-white-house-bunker-leak-executed-treason-book-claims/index.html\u00a0\u2026— \ud83c\udd7f\ufe0f2\ufe0f\u20e3\ud83c\udd71\ufe0f (@\ud83c\udd7f\ufe0f2\ufe0f\u20e3\ud83c\udd71\ufe0f) 1626186274
