Trump says at Arizona rally that leakers of military plans should be shot
Photo: The New York TimesHow the sides differ Left sources emphasize an escalation of attacks on the press and news gathering; right sources focus on Trump's own wording about leakers facing jail or death.
President Donald Trump, speaking at a rally in Bullhead City, Arizona, said people who leak military plans should be shot. The Daily Signal reports he said Wednesday that leakers should "go to jail or be shot" and referred to how leakers were treated in the past. The Washington Post notes he called leakers the "scum of the earth." The New York Times describes the remarks as a major escalation of his attacks on news gathering and on people who speak to the press. The Daily Signal headline characterizes the comments as favoring the death penalty.
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- The New York TimesTrump Says Those Who Leak Military Plans Should Be Shot
Frames the remarks as an escalation of Trump's attacks on leakers, news gathering and people willing to talk to reporters.
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Centers on Trump's direct statements about leakers, quoting his jail-or-shot remark and his reference to past practice, and frames it as a death penalty position.