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kentuck

(111,089 posts)
Sun Mar 5, 2023, 10:20 AM Mar 2023

Definition 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?

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Definition of "retribution": (Original Post) kentuck Mar 2023 OP
Not a doubt that revenge is dear to his heart vlyons Mar 2023 #1
More maga-blasphemy sanatanadharma Mar 2023 #2
Unfortunately they now believe that Trump is God Walleye Mar 2023 #5
That is a most frightening observation bucolic_frolic Mar 2023 #3
There's a cure for that. Lock the fucker up. Put him in a straight jacket, Autumn Mar 2023 #4
That is what he intends but he isn't doing for anyone but himself. Thomas Hurt Mar 2023 #6
+1 2naSalit Mar 2023 #8
Truth is...... MyOwnPeace Mar 2023 #7
+1 2naSalit Mar 2023 #9

vlyons

(10,252 posts)
1. Not a doubt that revenge is dear to his heart
Sun Mar 5, 2023, 10:24 AM
Mar 2023

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)
2. More maga-blasphemy
Sun Mar 5, 2023, 10:24 AM
Mar 2023

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.

bucolic_frolic

(43,146 posts)
3. That is a most frightening observation
Sun Mar 5, 2023, 10:25 AM
Mar 2023

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)
4. There's a cure for that. Lock the fucker up. Put him in a straight jacket,
Sun Mar 5, 2023, 10:26 AM
Mar 2023

gag him and put him in a rubber room where no one can hear him scream.

Thomas Hurt

(13,903 posts)
6. That is what he intends but he isn't doing for anyone but himself.
Sun Mar 5, 2023, 12:14 PM
Mar 2023

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)
7. Truth is......
Sun Mar 5, 2023, 01:45 PM
Mar 2023

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......

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