After winning New Hampshire, Donald Trump expected Nikki Haley to withdraw from the race. When she didn’t, he got angry and issued the following threat on his TruthSocial account: “When I ran for Office and won, I noticed that the losing Candidate’s “Donors” would immediately come to me, and want to “help out”. This is standard in politics, but no longer with me. Anybody that makes a “Contribution” to Birdbrain, from this moment forth, will be permanently barred from the MAGA camp. We don’t want them, and will not accept them, because we Put America First, and ALWAYS WILL!”
Looking at this threat carefully, I have derived three main messages: