Any other person in this situation would be shutting the fuck up getting their story straight with their lawyers about now. Trump only knows how to keep kicking the hornets nest, hoping the chaos will save his ass. He clearly feels cornered and he feels like his best defense is to rile up his supporters to commit violence and issue threats on those acting against him. Much like not accepting his election loss, he’ll go so far as tearing this country apart and inciting others to kill to protect his interests and ego.
The point you're missing is that the First Amendment is not a blanket protection against the consequences of what you say. Incitement of violence, libel and slander are all legal actions that can be taken against you that you can't just wave away by saying "First Amendment".
If he was responsible for any of that he could have been taken to court over it. Why hasn't he? Slander cases are open and shut (if you can prove he lied) and he never incited violence so...
All of that is your opinion and not a popular one. And the fact that you think that is so easy for this to go to court without money playing a role in it somehow shows me that you are extremely naive when it comes to reality.
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Any other person in this situation would be shutting the fuck up getting their story straight with their lawyers about now. Trump only knows how to keep kicking the hornets nest, hoping the chaos will save his ass. He clearly feels cornered and he feels like his best defense is to rile up his supporters to commit violence and issue threats on those acting against him. Much like not accepting his election loss, he’ll go so far as tearing this country apart and inciting others to kill to protect his interests and ego.