“A campaign marked by Donald Trump’s apocalyptic extremes has turned even darker in its final days,” the New York Times reports.
“With voting already underway in battleground states, the former president on Friday escalated his threats to prosecute and imprison a wide range of people involved in elections and politics. Hours later, on the hugely popular ‘The Joe Rogan Experience’ podcast, he said that the ‘enemy within,’ a phrase he has used to describe political opponents, poses a bigger threat to the nation than North Korea.”
“For eight years, Democrats have warned that Mr. Trump’s political ambitions have fueled some of the nation’s deepest divides. But in his third presidential bid, those worries have metastasized into fear that another term for Mr. Trump would threaten the founding principles of the Republic. As the campaign comes to a close, a series of people who know him well, including top military leaders and high-ranking former officials from his administration, have warned that Mr. Trump, who has sought to project his victory as all but assured, would rule as a dictator if given the chance.”
