GLENDALE, Arizona (AP): Donald Trump is suggesting that former Representative Liz Cheney, one of his most prominent Republican critics, should have rifles “shooting at her” to see how she feels about sending troops to fight. Cheney responded by branding the GOP presidential nominee a “cruel, unstable man who wants to be a tyrant”. The Republican presidential candidate has been using increasingly threatening rhetoric against his adversaries and talked of “enemies from within” undermining the country.
Some of his former senior aides and Vice President Kamala Harris have labelled him a fascist in response. Trump has also long blamed Cheney and her father, former Republican Vice President Dick Cheney, for promoting US military interventions abroad – including the war in Iraq – and argued that he started no foreign wars during his presidency. He has ramped up his critiques of the Cheneys in swing state Michigan, where he is competing with Harris for the votes of Arab Americans opposed to US backing of Israel’s offensive in Gaza after Hamas’ October 7 attack and its subsequent invasion of Lebanon.
At an event late Thursday in Arizona with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson, Trump was asked whether it was strange to see Cheney campaign against him. The former Wyoming congresswoman has vocally opposed Trump since the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol and endorsed Democrat Kamala Harris, joining the vice president at recent stops as they try to win over Re.
