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“Some of the things that have happened in the past to our president. We want to make sure we’re not leaving anything to chance”
Kendal Aaron Todd
Kendal Aaron Todd
Neil Fetherstonhaugh
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A Florida man who posted threats against Donald Trump on social media and challenged the president to “fight me naked to the death” has been arrested.
Kendal Aaron Todd (42) was charged on Monday in St Lucie County after he allegedly posted the threats online.
In a rambling, 80-second clip posted on social media he railed against the president, saying that because of him “every single person in the world is cursed”.
“Donald Trump is the Antichrist,” he declared in the since-deleted clip.
“Donald Trump has personally made business decisions which have hurt so many different reincarnated Jesuses,” he added.
St. Lucie County Sheriff Richard Del Torro said the threats were quickly flagged by the United States Secret Service
“He just kept escalating his behaviour,” Del Toro said. “He got the attention obviously of the United States Secret Service — and that got our attention.”
Del Torro said authorities had recently been keeping tabs on Todd over concerns for his mental health.
Neighbours told local news station WPBF they’d recently seen deputies at the home of the suspect, who’d been acting strangely for some time.
The sheriff said a SWAT team moved in to apprehend him after he posted the disturbing video online, the sheriff said.
Todd had also challenged Trump to “fight me naked to the death,” according to authorities.
“It’s just very concerning for us,” Del Torro added. “Some of the things that have happened in the past to our president. We want to make sure we’re not leaving anything to chance.”
Todd's bond was reportedly set at $500,000, according to WPBF.