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Rule number 1: Don't obey in advance. I know I'm preaching to the choir, but still, never lapse, even for a second.
Fuck Trump, and you should also know it's incredibly illegal to say "I want to kill the president of the United States of America." It's one of the only sentences you're not allowed to say!
Can I say "I want him to die in a horrible accident in the most painful way possible"?
I'm cheering for a well placed lightning strike on the golf course.
Not on Reddit, where your personal wishes are viewed as calls for violence. Dumbasses.
Almost certainly yes, at least based on historical precedent, though Trump loves ignoring that.
For example, Watts v. United States, where someone said:
He was originally convicted, but that was then reversed, as the Supreme Court stated:
At the end of the day, the law only really states that you have to:
So let's say I say "I am going to kill the President" not as an example, but as an actual statement. That could be interpreted as an actual threat. However, If I am a 13 year old kid with just $20 to my name, no access to a gun, and no means of transport to even get near the president, it would be hard for the government to argue that's not just a joke, or political hyperbole, as it was in the case of Watts v. United States.
Given that all of those would be a threat for you to do something, and not just you wishing he was dead by any other means, it's quite likely that any court would determine you saying something like "I hope Donald Trump dies a horrible, agonizing, painful death," or even something like "I hope someone else shoots the president" would probably be considered AOK, and again, just political hyperbole, or statements without any material threat behind them.