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Donald Trump suggests Snoop Dogg should go to prison for 'assassination music video' | Donald Trump suggests Snoop Dogg should go to prison for 'assassination music video' |
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Donald Trump has suggested Snoop Dogg should be arrested for pretending to shoot him in a music video. | |
"Can you imagine what the outcry would be if @SnoopDogg, failing career and all, had aimed and fired the gun at President Obama? Jail time!" the President wrote on Twitter. | |
The artist had been criticised for shooting a toy gun at a character resembling Mr Trump in the video, and the gun releases a flag with the word "bang" on it. | |
The President's personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, told TMZ he was "shocked" by the video. | |
"It’s totally disgraceful. Snoop owes the president an apology," Mr Cohen said. | |
"There’s absolutely nothing funny about an assassination attempt on a president, and I’m really shocked at him, because I thought he was better than that." | |
Florida senator Marco Rubio previously said: "If the wrong person sees that and gets the wrong idea, you could have a real problem. Snoop shouldn't have done that. | |
"We've had presidents assassinated before... so anything like that is something people should be really careful about." | "We've had presidents assassinated before... so anything like that is something people should be really careful about." |
The video also features Kaytranada and is a remix of Lavender by Canadian group BadBadNotGood. | The video also features Kaytranada and is a remix of Lavender by Canadian group BadBadNotGood. |
Snoop Dogg told Billboard he was not looking for a reaction with the video. | Snoop Dogg told Billboard he was not looking for a reaction with the video. |
"I just put it out because I feel like it’s something that’s missing," he said. | "I just put it out because I feel like it’s something that’s missing," he said. |
"Any time I drop something, I’m trying to fill in a void. I feel like it’s a lot of people making cool records, having fun, partying, but nobody’s dealing with the real issue with this f***ing clown as President, and the sh*t that we dealing with out here, so I wanted to take time out to push pause on a party record and make one of these records for the time being." | "Any time I drop something, I’m trying to fill in a void. I feel like it’s a lot of people making cool records, having fun, partying, but nobody’s dealing with the real issue with this f***ing clown as President, and the sh*t that we dealing with out here, so I wanted to take time out to push pause on a party record and make one of these records for the time being." |
The President's argument against the artist is similar to that made in a video by conspiracy theorist platform Infowars, a website with which he has long-running links. | The President's argument against the artist is similar to that made in a video by conspiracy theorist platform Infowars, a website with which he has long-running links. |
It is not known if the President watched the video. The founder of Infowars, Alex Jones, claimed last month that the President still calls him for advice. | |
The President has often taken to Twitter to respond to criticism from celebrities, including Meryl Streep, Arnold Schwarzenegger and even the cast of Broadway musical Hamilton. | |