US President Donald Trump on Thursday escalated his attacks on Democrats who released a video advising members of the US military and intelligence officials that they have a duty to refuse unlawful orders. Trump accused them of treason and claimed their actions amounted to "seditious behaviour, punishable by death".

Trump first reposted an article featuring the six Democratic lawmakers who appeared in the video and warned that their message was "really bad, and Dangerous to our Country". "Their words cannot be allowed to stand. SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR FROM TRAITORS!!! LOCK THEM UP???" he wrote.

He later escalated his remarks in a separate Truth Social post, declaring, "SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH!"

The outburst comes amid Trump's repeated demands for legal reprisals against oppo

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