BBC Presenter Boldly Calls for Donald Trump's Assassination

BBC presenter David Aaronovitch (far left) is evidently hostile to Donald Trump. He had called for the “assassination” of the former US President in a post on X (formerly Twitter), which he later deleted. 

 

Aaronovitch, the voice behind the British state broadcaster’s Radio 4 program "The Briefing Room", tweeted on Monday: “If I was Biden I’d hurry up and have Trump murdered on the basis that he is a threat to America’s security”. 

 

The post was accompanied by the hashtag #SCOTUS, indicating that the comment had been triggered by the US Supreme Court confirmation that former presidents have “absolute immunity” from prosecution for their official actions. 

 

Aaronovitch had to delete the post after an online backlash, and claimed in a follow-up message that he had been accused of inciting violence by “a far right pile”. The presenter insisted his tweet was “plainly a satire”.

 

On Monday, the highest US court ruled that under “our system of separated powers, the President may not be prosecuted for exercising his core constitutional powers, and he is entitled to at least presumptive immunity from prosecution for his official acts”.

 

In an interview with Fox News Digital, Trump touted the verdict on presidential immunity as a “big win for our Constitution and for democracy”. In the meantime, President Biden attacked the Supreme Court ruling, urging citizens to “dissent” against the verdict.