Trump seeks to walk back ‘bloodbath’ rant

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Former President Trump scrambled Monday to walk back his weekend rant that the country would be plunged into a “BLOODBATH” if he doesn’t win back the White House. After a day of controversy over his remarks, Trump asserted that he was only discussing the auto industry and not calling for violence if President Biden wins reelection in November. “The Fake News Media … pretended to be shocked at my use of the word BLOODBATH, even though they fully understood that I was simply referring to imports … which are killing the automobile industry,” Trump said on his social media site....