State of the Union

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(02-06-2018, 02:45 PM)Shake n Blake Wrote: 1. He said "can I call that treason" from what I saw. It was a question, not a statement.

2. I'm pretty sure he's using this definition of treason: "the action of betraying someone or something.", rather than suggesting it was the crime of treason and all who sat should be arrested. But don't let that get in the way of any good "Trump is Hitler" talk.

3. Treason isn't a word that should be thrown around loosely, but Trump has no filter. Still, I don't think this means he has intentions to be an evil dictator who wants to kill freedom.

Trump's own words:

https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/05/politics/donald-trump-democrats-treasonous/index.html

Quote:"They were like death and un-American. Un-American. Somebody said, 'Treasonous.' I mean, yeah, I guess, why not," he said to laughter.


"Can we call that treason? Why not," he added. He made the remarks during a speech at a manufacturing plant in Cincinnati, Ohio.


"I mean they certainly didn't seem to love our country that much," he said, adding it was "very, very sad."

[url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/05/politics/donald-trump-economy-taxes/index.html][/url]

In context it seems he meant treason in the most simple of terms:

Quote:trea·son

ˈtrēzən/
noun

1. the crime of betraying one's country, especially by attempting to kill the sovereign or overthrow the government.
   

Especially the first, bolded part.


Trump knowing anything but the first definition of a word would surprise me greatly.