Trumps Escalating Threats: Deportation, Citizenship Revocation, and Arrests Target High-Profile Figures

Threats of retribution from Donald Trump have escalated, with the US president warning of deportation, loss of US citizenship, or arrest for high-profile individuals. Trump targeted Elon Musk, threatening to cut federal subsidies and revoke his citizenship, and also threatened to investigate the citizenship of Zohran Mamdani, the Democrats’ prospective New York mayor, and called for the arrest of Alejandro Mayorkas, former Biden homeland security secretary. These threats, analysts say, aim to distract from Trump’s unpopular agenda and raise concerns about the state of US democracy. Pro-democracy campaigners warn that such threats undermine constitutional norms and freedom of speech, emphasizing that the threat itself is an attack on freedoms, designed to instill fear in those who oppose or criticize the president.

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