Trump criticizes Liz Cheney – justice examines steps

Donald Trump is notorious for his explosive rhetoric. A statement about his internal party opponent Liz Cheney caused particular outrage. After criticism, the Republican follows up.

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump insults Liz Cheney after criticism of his statements about his internal party opponent. “I’m just saying she was a crazy warmonger. She wants to go to war with anyone who moves,” Trump said. He defended his statement that Cheney should look down nine gun barrels during a firefight. Meanwhile, the judiciary in the US state of Arizona, where the 78-year-old verbally attacked Cheney, is considering legal action against Trump.

On Saturday morning (local time), Trump joined the breakfast show on his home channel Fox News by telephone. He gave a kind of monologue for almost 30 minutes, often not answering the moderators’ questions, but instead talking about whatever he felt like. He praised the program, complimented the moderators who were well disposed towards him and claimed that almost all of the other media were corrupt. Trump regularly appears by telephone on this and other Fox News programs.

The moderators now asked Trump about his statement about Cheney and asked whether he wanted to sue the media for allegedly taking his words out of context. Trump doesn’t answer the question – but used the time for extensive tirades about Cheney. “She’s probably worse than her father because she’s not as smart,” he said. Cheney is the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney. She is a “crazy warmonger” – a “crazy person, just like her father.” Trump continued: “She always wanted to go to war with everyone. If anyone set foot in the wrong direction, she wanted to blow them away.”

At a campaign event in Arizona on Thursday, Trump talked about letting Cheney look into nine firing “rifle barrels” during a firefight. The former US president argued that Cheney himself is quick to find solutions to conflicts in combat, so he would like to experience it himself with a weapon in combat. Trump said of this statement on Fox News: “I said, put a gun in her hand and let her go out and let her face the enemy with a gun in her hand.” This would confront her with “nine, twelve or a hundred” people. “I said, let’s see how she acts. Because I say she wouldn’t have the courage to do it.”

Arizona’s attorney general has ordered the legal department to investigate Trump’s statement for possible criminal liability. “I have already asked my chief of criminal justice to review this statement to determine whether it qualifies as a death threat under Arizona law,” the state’s attorney general told regional broadcaster 12News. At this point, she cannot say whether Trump’s statement violates the law. The attorney general’s spokesman confirmed to US media that Trump’s statement was being examined.

Cheney has often been criticized for her interventionist foreign policy position. After the storming of the Capitol on January 6, 2021, the then congresswoman broke away from Trump. She paid a high price for this in the Republican Party. She was pushed out of top positions and eventually lost her congressional seat. The conservative politician now supports the Democrat Harris.

Trump also used the Fox News show to lambast his Democratic rival Kamala Harris, calling her “incompetent.” Trump said no one knew what the US vice president should be called: “Vice President or Harris or Kamala – whatever you want to call her.” Most people don’t even know who they’re talking about. Harris and Trump are running against each other in the US presidential election on Tuesday (November 5th) – it’s a close race, the two are roughly equal in polls.

When asked why Trump was even running, the businessman said: “I could be on a beach somewhere. The beautiful waves would slap the beautiful salt water on my face. So beautiful. I could get a nice tan, my beautiful skin would be nice and tanned. ” But he wouldn’t even think about doing that because he wanted to save the country.