# MAGA just wants to watch people die

> Trump's supporters celebrate deaths from policies, urging violence.
- Title: MAGA just wants to watch people die · Salon | Shortify
- Summary: Trump's supporters celebrate deaths from policies, urging violence. Trump's MAGA base increasingly supports policies that cause death, celebrating real-world…
- Keywords: maga, trump, peter hegseth, nidal hasan, executions, immigration and customs enforcement, cecot, fort hood, mass shooting, tiger attack, ai generated video, news
- Source: Salon — https://salon.com/2026/10/16/maga-just-wants-to-watch-people-die
- Author: Alex Galbraith
- Published: 2026-10-16T10:30:23+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: maga, trump, peter hegseth, nidal hasan, executions, immigration and customs enforcement, cecot, fort hood, mass shooting, tiger attack, ai generated video, news
## Trump policy death toll
Every Trump policy comes with a body count, including Iraq's one million deaths during the 2008 financial crisis.
## MAGA base bloodlust
Trump's supporters celebrate real-world violence as a substitute for economic benefits like lower gas prices.
## 2020 election backlash
When Trump's 2020 re-election bid failed, he stoked his base with calls to violence.
## Trump's second term
Trump won a second term, signaling no real consequences for reveling in violence.
## MAGA coalition indifference
MAGA supporters showed indifference when government cuts and immigration policies increased deaths globally.
## Pete Hegseth's execution plan
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth proposed livestreaming Nidal Hasan's execution, a former Fort Hood shooter convicted in 2013.
## Trump's execution call
Trump initially supported Hegseth's execution plan but later called it off after global outcry.
## Tiger attack video
Trump shared footage of a man killed by a tiger in a UK zoo and an AI-generated video showing him chasing the tiger.
## MAGA base reaction
Trump's MAGA base laughed at his tiger attack video while celebrating deaths from policies.
## Key takeaway

Trump's MAGA base increasingly supports policies that cause death, celebrating real-world violence as a substitute for economic benefits.