Rep. Dan Goldman (D-NY) lashed out on X on Monday, claiming that no one used the term “bloodbath” to describe economic issues – but Merriam Webster’s online dictionary begged to differ on that point.
Goldman, who made his name as the attorney presenting the Democrats’ case against former President Donald Trump during his first impeachment, was responding to the furor over Trump’s recent prediction of a “bloodbath” in the automobile industry if he loses his 2024 reelection bid.
“Since when does anybody use the term ‘bloodbath’ related to economic problems? Especially someone who already incited a ‘bloodbath’ after he lost the last election. We all know what he meant. Keep the gaslighting to yourself,” Goldman said.
Since when does anybody use the term “bloodbath” related to economic problems?
Especially someone who already incited a “bloodbath” after he lost the last election.
We all know what he meant. Keep the gaslighting to yourself. https://t.co/GKiE3zPpvY
— Daniel Goldman (@danielsgoldman) March 18, 2024
But according to Merriam-Webster’s online dictionary, the term “bloodbath” has several standard definitions:
- a great slaughter
- a notably fierce, violent, or destructive contest or struggle
- a major economic disaster
And the full context of Trump’s remarks — context that was omitted by multiple media outlets as they suggested that he intended to promote political violence — lent credence to his defenders, who said that he was clearly talking about the economy and the automobile industry at the time.
Trump, during an Ohio rally over the weekend, said that he was speaking directly to Chinese President Xi Jinping regarding a Communist-China-owned car company’s plan to build cars in Mexico and then sell them across the southern border in an effort to avoid higher tariffs.
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“Those big monster car manufacturing plants you are building in Mexico right now and you think you are going to get that — not hire Americans and you’re going to sell the car to us, no,” Trump said.
“We’re going to put a 100% tariff on every single car that comes across the line, and you’re not going to be able to sell those guys if I get elected. Now, if I don’t get elected, it’s going to be a bloodbath for the whole – that’s gonna be the least of it. It’s going to be a bloodbath for the country. That’ll be the least of it,” he continued.