Reporter: You are going to meet with first responders today, but you pardoned hundreds of people who assaulted first responders.
— Acyn (@Acyn) February 10, 2025
Trump: No, I pardoned people who were assaulted themselves… by our government. I didn’t assault. They didn’t assault. They were assaulted. What I did… pic.twitter.com/LbzrbFM6rb
Reporter: You are going to meet with first responders today, but you pardoned hundreds of people who assaulted first responders.
Trump: No, I pardoned people who were assaulted themselves… by our government. I didn’t assault. They didn’t assault. They were assaulted. What I did was a great thing for humanity.
He apparently now believes that the people who broke into the Capitol should have been allowed to march in interrupt the joint session, stop the count, hang Mike Pence and Nancy Pelosi.
He condemned the violence the next day under some duress. And he’s defended them as political prisoners treated unfairly by the legal system. But I’ve never heard him say that the rioters were assaulted by the government (meaning the police.)
I get that he’s doubling down on his pardons which are unpopular with a majority of the public. But the way he’s doing it shows a descent into mental illness. He now says his pardons were a “great thing for humanity.” Virtually everything he says now smacks of delusions of grandeur. He’s losing it.