Trump's "enemies within" list

• The former president's vague, haphazard speaking style has triggered fierce debate over who specifically falls into that "enemies" group, especially after he floated using the U.S. military against "radical left lunatics."
• He may not keep an official list, but a review of Trump's public remarks reveals a vast catalog of perceived enemies whom he has marked for imprisonment, prosecution or other punishment.

Political opponents

President Biden: Shortly after his indictment by special counsel Jack Smith last year, Trump threatened to appoint a "real" special prosecutor to "go after" Biden and his family.

Vice President Harris: At a rally in Pennsylvania in September, Trump called for his opponent in the presidential race to be "impeached and prosecuted" for the Biden administration's handling of the border.

Former President Obama: On Truth Social, Trump has reposted multiple calls for Obama to be arrested and face "military tribunals."

Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi: Trump has specifically labeled Pelosi and Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) "enemies from within," and called last month for Pelosi and her husband to be prosecuted for alleged insider trading.

Former Rep. Liz Cheney: "She should go to Jail along with the rest of the Unselect Committee!" Trump posted in May, referring to Cheney's "treasonous" leadership of the House Jan. 6 select committee.

• On Thursday, calling Cheney a "radical war hawk," Trump told Tucker Carlson: Let's put her with the rifle standing there with nine barrels shooting at her, OK? Let's see how she feels about it — you know, when the guns are trained on her face."

Retired Gen. Mark Milley: Trump suggested last year that the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff — who has since called Trump "fascist to the core" — deserved to be executed for back-channeling with Chinese generals.

Media and Big Tech

ABC: After being repeatedly fact-checked in his September debate with Harris, Trump demanded that the Federal Communications Commission revoke ABC's broadcasting license.

CBS: Trump called for CBS to lose its license and for "60 Minutes" to be "immediately taken off the air" after accusing the program of deceptively editing an interview with Harris. He sued the network over this on Thursday.

NBC: Trump called last year for NBC parent company Comcast to be investigated for treason because of its coverage of his legal troubles. He promised that NBC would be "thoroughly scrutinized for their knowingly dishonest and corrupt coverage" if he's elected.

Google: After baselessly accusing the search giant of "only revealing and displaying bad stories" about him, Trump declared on Truth Social: "I will request their prosecution, at the maximum levels, when I win the Election."

Mark Zuckerberg: In his new "Save America" coffee table book, Trump accuses the Meta CEO of meddling in the 2020 election and writes: "We are watching him closely, and if he does anything illegal this time he will spend the rest of his life in prison."

Private citizens

Election workers: As he lays the groundwork to again claim voter fraud if he loses, Trump recently delivered a wide-ranging threat to imprison "Lawyers, Political Operatives, Donors, Illegal Voters, & Corrupt Election Officials" who engage in "unscrupulous behavior."

Election protesters: Trump has suggested deploying the National Guard or even the U.S. military against "radical left lunatics" who cause chaos around the election.

Pro-Palestinian protesters: Trump has told donors he will crush pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses and deport "pro-Hamas radicals," despite the fact that many protesters are U.S. citizens. He has consistently called for jail time for people who burn the American flag.

Supreme Court critics: "These people should be put in jail the way they talk about our judges and our justices, trying to get them to sway their vote, sway their decision," Trump said at a rally in September.

Prosecutors and bureaucrats

Trump's desire for revenge burns hot for anyone involved in his four criminal cases and the litany of investigations he has faced over the last eight years, which he paints as one continuous "witch hunt."

• He has called for the prosecution of former FBI and DOJ officials who carried out the Russia investigation, U.S. intelligence officials, special counsel Jack Smith, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, New York Attorney General Letitia James and many others.
• That's not to mention his long-running plans to gut the federal bureaucracy — home of the reviled "Deep State" — and replace civil servants with Trump loyalists.
• "Fire every single midlevel bureaucrat, every civil servant in the administrative state, replace them with our people," Ohio Sen. JD Vance, Trump's running mate, proposed on a podcast in 2021.

The big picture: The above list is not comprehensive. An NPR analysis found Trump has made more than 100 threats since 2022 to go after his perceived enemies.

• His incendiary claims that domestic enemies pose a greater threat than foreign adversaries have become a central component of the Harris campaign's closing argument.
• "Trump has an enemies list. I have a to-do list," Harris has repeated at rallies and on social media in recent days.

The bottom line: Trump's allies say his threats are largely bluster. His critics say the country can't afford not to believe him.