"If They Spit, We Will Hit": Trump’s Law & Order—Some Restrictions Apply

In his triumphant return to the Oval Office, President Donald Trump wasted no time flexing his favorite muscle: vindictive hypocrisy.

One of his first acts in office? Pardoning more than 1,000 individuals who attacked the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021—including over 275 people convicted of assaulting police officers. You know, the folks who turned Blue Lives Matter into Black-and-Blue Lives Matter by beating law enforcement with flagpoles, crutches, and even a hockey stick.

Trump called that day “beautiful.”

Fast-forward to this week, where protesters in Los Angeles are confronting his immigration crackdown. The president’s response? He deployed the National Guard and warned on social media:

“IF THEY SPIT, WE WILL HIT, and I promise you they will be hit harder than they have ever been hit before. Such disrespect will not be tolerated!”

So let’s be clear:

• Beat cops with a crutch on Trump’s behalf? You get a pardon.
• Spit in the direction of cops while protesting Trump? Marines are coming.

Welcome to Trump’s America—where law and order is just a slogan unless it’s politically convenient.

This isn’t justice. It’s performance authoritarianism, decked out in red hats and weaponized patriotism.

The same man who dismissed the largest single-day assault on law enforcement in American history is now pearl-clutching over some downtown LA unrest. Never mind that the protests were largely peaceful until the Guard showed up. Never mind that even Republican leaders in LA said the militarized response was overkill.

Let’s not kid ourselves: Trump isn’t protecting the rule of law. He’s protecting the rule of Trump.

And while he poses as the savior of law enforcement, he’s eroding the public’s trust in it by treating cops like partisan tools. His message is clear: Police are to be respected—unless they’re in the way of his followers. Then they’re fair game.

Final Thought:
A nation can't survive on a justice system that works like a loyalty test. When pardons are political, and crackdowns are personal, we don’t have law and order. We have authoritarian cosplay with a Twitter account.

And the rest of us? We’re just waiting to find out which side of the double standard we’ll land on next.