Trump’s Revenge Tour: FBI Raids, War Threats, and Mocking Disabled Veterans
In 24 hours, the administration showed us exactly who they are: vindictive, reckless, and without a plan beyond settling scores.
If anyone wants to understand what Donald Trump’s second term is really about, look no further than the last 24 hours. Three stories. Three perfect examples of an administration that has abandoned any pretense of governing in favor of pure, unfiltered revenge against anyone who dared to hold them accountable after 2020. Thom Hartmann breaks it all down for us.
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The FBI Raids Georgia
On Wednesday, FBI agents executed a search warrant at the Fulton County election center in Georgia, seizing every ballot from the 2020 election. An election that happened more than four years ago. An election that has been counted, recounted, audited, investigated, and certified dozens of times over. An election where every single claim of fraud has been thoroughly debunked by Republican election officials, courts, and independent experts.
But Donald Trump has never gotten over losing Georgia. And now that he’s back in power, he’s using the FBI to investigate his own conspiracy theories.
The search warrant authorized agents to seize all physical ballots, ballot images, voter rolls, and tabulator tapes from 2020 as part of an investigation into violations of federal election laws. There is no evidence of any violations. This is the Justice Department treating the fever dreams of a defeated candidate as legitimate grounds for criminal investigation.
Here’s where it gets even more suspicious: the prosecutor listed on the warrant isn’t from Georgia. It’s the interim U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri. What does Missouri have to do with Georgia’s 2020 election? Absolutely nothing. Unless the administration is shopping for prosecutors willing to do Trump’s bidding.
This comes just one month after the Trump administration filed a civil lawsuit against Fulton County. Now they’ve escalated to a criminal investigation. This is what revenge looks like when it’s backed by federal power.
Trump Threatens War With Iran (Without a Plan)
While FBI agents were boxing up ballots in Georgia, Donald Trump was on Truth Social threatening war with Iran. “A massive Armada is heading toward Iran,” Trump posted, demanding the country make a deal or face an attack “with speed and violence.”
What deal? What are the specific terms? Trump didn’t say. But U.S. officials report the administration has made three sweeping demands: Iran must permanently end all uranium enrichment, accept limits on ballistic missiles, and cut off all support for proxy groups. These are maximalist demands that Iran has rejected for decades.
The aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln, along with bombers and fighter jets, is now positioning within striking distance of Iran. Trump explicitly compared this buildup to the forces he amassed before seizing Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela.
But here’s what’s missing: any mention of the Iranian protesters who took to the streets in December. Trump promised to support them. He’s barely mentioned them since. Because this isn’t about human rights. This is about projecting strength and changing the subject from domestic scandals.
Trump is an erratic president playing with military force like it’s a prop for his reality show.
JD Vance Mocks a Disabled War Hero
Senator Tammy Duckworth was doing her job as a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, questioning Secretary of State Marco Rubio about U.S. military action in Venezuela.
Senator Duckworth is a Purple Heart recipient who lost both legs and partial use of her right arm when a rocket-propelled grenade tore through her Black Hawk helicopter over Iraq in 2004. Despite her catastrophic injuries, she served another decade in the Army, retiring as a lieutenant colonel.
For asking tough questions, JD Vance compared her to Forrest Gump. “Watching Tammy Duckworth obsessively interrupt Marco Rubio is like watching Forrest Gump argue with Isaac Newton,” Vance wrote on X.
The Vice President of the United States mocked a disabled combat veteran for exercising congressional oversight.
Senator Duckworth’s response was devastating: “Forrest Gump ran toward danger in Vietnam. Your boss ran to his podiatrist crying bone spurs.” She was referring to Trump’s multiple draft deferments, including a questionable medical exemption for bone spurs.
Duckworth continued: “Petty insults at the expense of people with disabilities won’t change the fact that you’re risking troops’ lives to boost Chevron’s stock price. It’s my job to hold you accountable.”
And that’s the point. Senator Duckworth was questioning the administration’s military adventurism. For that, she was mocked for her disabilities by the second-highest elected official in the country.
This Is About Revenge, Not Governance
These three stories aren’t isolated incidents. They’re part of a clear pattern of an administration that has abandoned governing in favor of settling scores.
The FBI raiding an election office to investigate debunked conspiracy theories. The President threatening war without diplomatic strategy. The Vice President mocking a disabled war veteran for asking legitimate questions.
Donald Trump spent four years after 2020 claiming the election was stolen. He was investigated. He was indicted. And now that he’s back in power, he’s using every lever of the federal government to exact revenge on everyone who held him accountable.
Fulton County wouldn’t “find” his votes? Send in the FBI. Need to change the news cycle? Threaten war with Iran. A senator asks tough questions? Mock her disabilities.
There’s no governing philosophy here. No coherent policy agenda. No strategy beyond punishing enemies and rewarding loyalists. Just an erratic president with unchecked power, a compliant Justice Department, and a very long enemies list.
Today it’s Fulton County. Tomorrow it could be any county where election results don’t favor the president. Today it’s threatening Iran. Tomorrow it’s another military adventure started on a whim. Today it’s mocking Senator Duckworth. Tomorrow it’s any member of Congress who dares to fulfill their constitutional duty.
This is not normal. This is the systematic dismantling of checks and balances, the weaponization of federal power against political enemies, and the use of military threats to distract from domestic abuses.
The only thing that stops an authoritarian with unchecked power is a citizenry that refuses to accept it. Trump is showing everyone who he is. The question is: what will Americans do about it?
