{"id":2435618,"date":"2025-05-16T13:48:02","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T17:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/he-did-it-for-a-reason-trump-issues-response-to-comeys-assassination-post-reveals-whats-next\/"},"modified":"2025-05-16T14:08:28","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T18:08:28","slug":"he-did-it-for-a-reason-trump-issues-response-to-comeys-assassination-post-reveals-whats-next","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/he-did-it-for-a-reason-trump-issues-response-to-comeys-assassination-post-reveals-whats-next\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;He Did It for a Reason&#8217;: Trump Issues Response to Comey&#8217;s &#8216;Assassination&#8217; Post, Reveals What&#8217;s Next"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhe-did-it-for-a-reason-trump-issues-response-to-comeys-assassination-post-reveals-whats-next%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2435618&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Donald Trump responded to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-impeachment-why-arent-republicans-joining-together-to-force-the-president-out-of-office\/\" title=\"Why aren&#039;t Republicans uniting to impeach Biden?\">controversial post made<\/a> by former FBI Director James Comey,which many interpreted as a call for his assassination. The post, depicted as &#8220;86 47&#8221; made from rocks on the beach, sparked condemnation from several figures, including Missouri Senator Eric Schmitt, who asserted that Democrats should denounce Comey&#8217;s comment. Comey later claimed that he did not realize the implications of his post and apologized,stating he merely found the shell formation interesting.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview, Trump referenced Comey&#8217;s post as a blatant indication of a violent sentiment and accused him of being aware of its meaning. Trump expressed skepticism about Comey&#8217;s apology, suggesting it was a reaction to public backlash. He indicated that the incident would be investigated by the Secret Service, alongside the Department of Homeland Security and the FBI.<\/p>\n<p>The term &#8220;86&#8221;,slang for getting rid of or refusing service,was also mentioned in context to the post&#8217;s interpretation. Fox News host Bret Baier questioned Trump about the situation, to which Trump asserted the severity of Comey&#8217;s message and highlighted the past conflicts between himself and Comey, especially regarding the examination into the 2016 election campaign.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump addressed former FBI Director James Comey&rsquo;s since-deleted Thursday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald ...\">social media post<\/a>, which many interpreted as a call for assassination.<\/p>\n<p>GOP Missouri Sen. Eric Schmitt was among those who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/breaking-former-fbi-director-james-comey-calling-assassination-president-trump-dems-cheer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">condemned the image<\/a> that Comey d, which said &ldquo;86 47&rdquo; made out of rocks and shells on a beach.<\/p>\n<p>Comey wrote in response, &ldquo;Cool shell formation on my beach walk.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Just the former director of the FBI calling for the assassination of our President. Every single Democrat should denounce this but sadly their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-noem-says-comey-just-called-for-the-assassination-of-trump-secret-service-investigating\/\" title=\"Breaking: Noem Says &#039;... Just Called for the ...&#039; of ... - Secret Service Investigating\">media allies won&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t even ask them about it,&rdquo; Schmitt posted.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Just the former director of the FBI calling for the assassination of our President.<\/p>\n<p>Every single Democrat should denounce this but sadly their media allies won&rsquo;t even ask them about it. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VeqyFqXaBA\">pic.twitter.com\/VeqyFqXaBA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Eric Schmitt (@Eric_Schmitt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Eric_Schmitt\/status\/1923132199408144571?\">May 15, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Both Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and current FBI Director Kash Patel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/breaking-secret-service-moving-comey-shocking-call-attack-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posted<\/a> Thursday on X that the matter will be investigated by the Secret Service, with HHS and the FBI providing support.<\/p>\n<p>The Merriam-Webster Dictionary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/wordplay\/eighty-six-meaning-origin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">defined<\/a> 86 as slang for &ldquo;to throw out,&rdquo; &ldquo;to get rid of,&rdquo; or &ldquo;to refuse service to.&rdquo; In a restaurant setting, it means to take off the menu.<\/p>\n<p>Fox News host Bret Baier asked Trump during the last stop of his three-nation <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/democratic-congressman-heaps-praise-trump-done-last-week\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Middle East tour<\/a> in the United Arab Emirates what he made of Comey&rsquo;s post.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He knew exactly what that meant. A child knows what that meant. If you&rsquo;re the FBI director and you don&rsquo;t know what that meant, that meant assassination. And it says it loud and clear,&rdquo; Trump said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">President <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump?\">@realdonaldtrump<\/a> slams disgraced ex-FBI director James Comey for his &ldquo;86 47&rdquo; post on instagram:<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He knew exactly what that meant. A child knows what that meant &hellip; That meant &lsquo;assassination&rsquo;&hellip;He is a dirty cop.&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8fkGUC8fab\">pic.twitter.com\/8fkGUC8fab<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TrumpWarRoom\/status\/1923359036252008821?\">May 16, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He did it for a reason, and he was hit so hard because people like me and they like what&rsquo;s happening with our country. Our country&rsquo;s become respected again. &hellip; And he&rsquo;s calling for the assassination of the president,&rdquo; Trump added.<\/p>\n<p>Baier noted that Comey later apologized in a social media post, writing that he &ldquo;didn&rsquo;t realize some folks associate those numbers with violence&rdquo; and merely thought it was a political message.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It never occurred to me but I oppose violence of any kind so I took the post down,&rdquo; he added.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Comey deleted his threat against President Trump and posted a statement claiming he just randomly stumbled across Trump derangement syndrome shell art and had no idea what it meant.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, I&rsquo;m sure the guy who once ran the FBI was just clueless on this one. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CjtJIzIxDL\">pic.twitter.com\/CjtJIzIxDL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Greg Price (@greg_price11) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/greg_price11\/status\/1923145561596641529?\">May 15, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Trump argued that the only reason Comey apologized was because of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/dni-gabbard-put-comey-behind-bars-public-call-assassinate-president-united-states\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">strong blowback<\/a> his post received, with so many interpreting it as a call for assassination.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;What do you want to see happen?&rdquo; Baier asked.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t want to take a position on it, because it&rsquo;s going to be up to [Attorney General] Pam [Bondi] and all the great people, but I will say this, I think it&rsquo;s a terrible thing,&rdquo; the president answered.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If he had a clean history, he doesn&rsquo;t; he&rsquo;s a dirty cop,&rdquo; Trump continued. &ldquo;If he had a clean history, I could understand if there was a leniency, but I&rsquo;m going to let them make that decision.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump fired Comey shortly into his first term in 2017, with the president <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/united-states-government-4ff1ecb621884a728b25e62661257ef0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reportedly angered<\/a> by Comey&rsquo;s involvement in initiating and continuing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/second-russia-collusion-narrative-falls-apart-true-russia-colluded-hurt-trumps-election-chances\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Russia collusion<\/a> investigation into the 2016 Trump campaign.<\/p>\n<p>A probe headed by former FBI Director Robert Mueller determined after nearly two years of investigation that the Trump campaign had not colluded with Russia.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Schmitt remarked that it was unacceptable for a former FBI director to suggest violence against the President and called for all Democrats to denounce such behavior, although he noted that their media allies would likely remain silent on the issue<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2435619,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Trump-v-Comey.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[6286,23264,4115,3634],"class_list":["post-2435618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-assassination","tag-comey","tag-response","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Trump-v-Comey.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2435618","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2435618"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2435618\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2435622,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2435618\/revisions\/2435622"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2435619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2435618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2435618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2435618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}