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  • JonEFive
    3·
    11 months ago

    That’s a big stretch of a headline based on what they’re quoting. Trump was certainly being his inflammatory asshole self, and seemed to opine on what he thought the Lt Gov should or shouldn’t do. I didn’t read his words in an intimidating way at all though.

    It came off more as a brash “he shouldn’t testify because he doesn’t know what he’s talking about” as opposed to “he shouldn’t or else bad things might happen”.

    • dragonist@kbin.social
      3·
      11 months ago

      The headline literally says “told him not to testify”, not “threatens him to not testify”? Not sure what you’re referring to? What “stretch” are you pointing at?

      • Realtrain@kbin.social
        2·
        11 months ago

        I think he’s just saying the headline is (potentially maliciously) ambiguous. I certainly assumed “told not to testify [or else]” when I read it.

        • flipht@kbin.social
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          6 months ago

          So you’re inferring something from a headline.

          Any chance the target of these statements might infer the same?

          That’s how wannabe mob bosses work.

      • JonEFive
        1·
        11 months ago

        well, he didn’t actually “tell” him not to testfiy. “He shouldn’t” isn’t the same as “don’t”

          • JonEFive
            1·
            11 months ago

            No worries. I just prefer that news sources not exaggerate things too much, it reduces overall credibility when they do. That comment from Trump in the article is probably newsworthy on its own since it seems to violate the judge’s order not to post inflammatory nonsense about the case, just the title feels a little click-baity.

            The title could probably be as big of a draw with something like “Trump discourages Georgia witness from testifying” or something like that.