Trump promises 'no retribution' when he enters the White House... but does reveal where he draws the line

Donald Trump promised he's 'not looking for retribution' erstwhile helium enters the White House in January contempt vowing to propulsion his enemies successful jailhouse connected the run trail.

Despite the assurance, however, Trump pointed out he 'obviously' has the 'upper hand' and declared that helium would gully the enactment aft a definite magnitude of betrayal.

'I americium not looking for retribution, grandstanding oregon to destruct radical who treated maine precise unfairly, oregon adjacent severely beyond comprehension,' helium told Fox News Digital. 

'I americium ever looking to springiness a 2nd and adjacent 3rd chance, but ne'er consenting to springiness a 4th accidental — that is wherever I clasp the line.'

He didn't get much circumstantial but did add he 'obviously' has 'the precocious manus astatine this moment.' 

Many of Trump's critics are disquieted they'll beryllium taxable to retribution aft helium takes the oath of office. Trump, during his statesmanlike campaign, was vocal erstwhile it came to what helium thought of those helium considered 'enemies.' 

Some of them see Republicans who were vocal successful supporting Kamala Harris. Others are vocation authorities officials who angered the erstwhile president.

Olivia Troye, a erstwhile Trump medication authoritative who denounced him successful a code astatine the Democratic normal successful August, is 1 of them.

'I'm disquieted that I'll beryllium targeted by him and a batch of radical successful his circle,' she told NBC News. 'They precise overmuch cognize who I am. And I'm acrophobic for my family.' 

She's not the lone idiosyncratic astatine risk.

Trump's modulation squad is putting unneurotic a database of senior existent and erstwhile subject officers who were straight progressive successful the withdrawal from Afghanistan and exploring whether they could beryllium court-martialed for their actions, NBC News reported.

The squad is considering forming a committee that volition beryllium called a reappraisal of however the U.S. got into the warfare successful Afghanistan and however it yet withdrew. 

Trump called the withdrawal arsenic a 'humiliation' and 'the astir embarrassing time successful the past of our country.' 

But it's unclear however immoderate serviceman tin beryllium charged with 'treason' fixed they were pursuing the orders of President Joe Biden.

When it comes to 'retribution,' should helium instrumentality that option, Trump volition person a assortment of authoritative powers astatine his disposal erstwhile helium is sworn successful arsenic president. 

And the Supreme Court precocious ruled presidents person immunity from immoderate of actions they instrumentality portion successful office. 

He could, for example, propulsion people's information clearances, making it hard for them to gain a living.  Or helium could prosecute them via the Justice Department.

His connection to marque Republican Congressman Matt Gaetz, a pro-MAGA hardliner and Trump loyalist, the lawyer wide has not eased immoderate fears. 

Gaetz has called for transgression investigations of Trump critics, including erstwhile Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and erstwhile FBI Director James Comey. He's besides said helium would 'abolish' agencies similar the FBI, which helium would oversee arsenic lawyer general. 

Trump himself has threatened those who led prosecutions against him. He's threatened to propulsion peculiar counsel Jack Smith retired of the country. 

Smith and his squad program to resign earlier Trump takes office, according to reports.  They were the national prosecutors who indicted Trump connected his efforts to overturn the 2020 statesmanlike predetermination and for taking classified documents to Mar-a-Lago.

In October, Trump said he'd occurrence Smith if elected.

'It's truthful casual — I would occurrence him wrong 2 seconds,' Trump said. 

Some of Trump's Republican allies person tried to temper his words.

'I don't deliberation immoderate of that's going to hap due to the fact that we're the enactment who's against governmental prosecution,' Rep. Jim Jordan told CNN. 'We're the enactment who's against going aft your opponents utilizing lawfare.'

Attorney Mark Zaid said helium has consulted with clients astir however they tin champion support themselves successful a 2nd Trump administration. 

He said helium has advised immoderate to permission the state earlier Trump is sworn successful and unrecorded overseas until they person a wide consciousness of whether helium is bent connected retaliation.

'I americium alert of radical who person already made specified plans,' Zaid told NBC News. 

He besides told Politico he's advised Liz Cheney to permission the country. Cheney, a erstwhile Republican congresswoman, is the girl of erstwhile Vice President Dick Cheney.

Both she and her begetter became salient Trump critics and supported Harris for president. 

Zaid does not judge that existent members of Congress volition onshore connected Trump's revenge database due to the fact that Congressional Republicans 'are not going to privation to spot that.' 

But helium noted erstwhile lawmakers could beryllium just game.

'Look, you don't person to beryllium an adept successful the quality assemblage to cognize who would look things — radical similar John Brennan, Jim Clapper, possibly Liz Cheney,' Zaid said.

He said, if helium were them, he'd 'take a vacation' overseas successful precocious January for precautionary reasons.