Joe Scarborough's Take On Trump's Weekend Speech Is Too Terrifying To Imagine

“Morning Joe” host Joe Scarborough’s analysis of Donald Trump’s weekend speech turned downright dark on Monday. (Watch the video below.)

Scarborough said the words of Trump, running mate JD Vance and Trump family members in Butler, Pennsylvania, signaled that the “increasingly desperate” Republican nominee was “preparing for civil war.”

Scarborough played snippets of their addresses, led by Trump’s assertions that political opponents have sought to stop him from a second term by any means necessary. “Maybe even” by assassination attempts. He boasted that Russia and China are outside enemies that can be handled by a “smart” president like him, but that the left is “much more dangerous” as the enemy within.

Vance said those against Trump were trying to bankrupt and jail him, and it “was only a matter of time before somebody tried to kill him.” Donald’s son Eric Trump echoed distortions about the FEMA response to Hurricane Helene and Eric’s wife, Lara Trump, described the election as more than Republicans vs. Democrats: “good vs. evil, and good is going to win this battle.”

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