Targeting Schumer, Trump again suggests criticism of him is 'almost treasonous'

[LetMyPeopleVote]

It’s not at all healthy that a president falsely accusing people and institutions of “treason” has become the background noise of our civic lives.

You’ve heard of the boy who cried “wolf”? Meet the president who cried “treason.”

It's not at all healthy that a president falsely — and casually — accusing assorted targets of “treason” has become the background noise of our civic lives. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

— Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2025-10-30T15:43:59.217Z

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/targeting-schumer-trump-suggests-criticism-almost-treasonous-rcna240736

Longtime journalist John Harwood summarized, “Xi wiped the floor with Trump.” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer offered a related assessment: Trump’s trip, the New York Democrat said on the Senate floor, “has been a total dud.”

Evidently, the comment did not go unnoticed on Air Force One. Trump wrote on his social media platform:

Worked really hard, 24/7, took in Trillions of Dollars, and Chuck Schumer said trip was ‘a total dud,’ even though he knows it was a spectacular success. Words like that are almost treasonous!!![/blockquote]

While there’s plenty of room for analyses about the merits (or lack thereof) of the Republican’s Asia trip, let’s not brush too quickly past Trump’s suggestion that he sees criticism as “almost treasonous.”

It’s a word he uses with unnerving frequency. It was just three months ago when Trump, at an Oval Office event, pointed to a bizarre conspiracy theory and claimed that Barack Obama was “guilty” of a scheme that Trump characterized as “treason.”.....

You’ve heard of the boy who cried “wolf”? I’d like to introduce you to the president who cried “treason.”

It’s not at all healthy when an authoritarian president falsely — and casually — accuses various people and institutions of treason, effectively making this the background noise of our civic lives. And yet, here we are.

[Silent Type]

1. Perfect opportunity to say, "Come and get me MFer."

[Cha]

2. Shut UP, Treasonous Traitor.. you Belong In

a Padded Max Prison Cell.

[Shambala]

3. It's his l'etat, c'est moi mindset

He thinks he is the United States incarnate so he can’t separate criticism of him without believing it’s anti United States.