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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDefinition of "retribution":
ret·ri·bu·tion
/ˌretrəˈbyo͞oSH( ə )n/
noun
noun: retribution
punishment inflicted on someone as vengeance for a wrong or criminal act.
"employees asked not to be named, saying they feared retribution"
When Trump says, "I am your retribution", he it telling his followers that he is the way for them to get revenge.
He is telling them they are innocent and were wrongly punished.
Does anyone doubt that the he would seek revenge if he was back in power?
vlyons
(10,252 posts)He loves to watch violence, pain, and mayhem inflicted on others, as long as he doesn't have to do it himself.
sanatanadharma
(3,702 posts)Romans 12:19-21 King James Version (KJV)
Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord. Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.
Vengeance, revenge, retribution: all are of a nature belonging to God, says their rarely-read, always-misunderstood Bible.
Walleye
(31,017 posts)bucolic_frolic
(43,146 posts)I still see Trumpism and his presidency as akin to a rolling revolution, and if he resumes office it may well begin a true Reign of Terror in the same way as all revolutions.
Autumn
(45,066 posts)gag him and put him in a rubber room where no one can hear him scream.
Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)The fact that he lost, his self coup failed and his legal troubles are just a long list of "betrayals and disrespect" that the Pig's malignant narcissism will not abide.
MyOwnPeace
(16,926 posts)I'm sure HE doesn't even know the 'definition!' It was put in there by one of his speech writers and he practiced how to say it because it sounded 'impressive' to him......