A US man who allegedly declared President Donald Trump “needs to be assassinated” and posed on TikTok with a firearm has been arrested, according to officials.
Douglas Thrams, 23, threatened anti-government violence in various Tiktok videos between Monday, when Trump was inaugurated, and Wednesday, according to a criminal complaint filed on Thursday.
“Every US government building needs to be bombed immediately,” Thrams was quoted as saying in one of the videos.
Referring to the president, Thrams went on to remark, using an expletive, “He needs to be assassinated and this time, don’t… miss.”
Trump was the victim of two assassination attempts last year, including one at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, where he was shot in the ear.
In another video, Thrams is shown holding a rifle and tapping it, according to an FBI document.
Thrams, from the midwestern state of Indiana, was arrested on Thursday and charged with making “interstate communications with a threat to injure.”
