BBC host insists post suggesting Biden assassinate Trump was 'satire'

A BBC radio host said his now-deleted social media post, which suggested President Joe Biden order that former President Donald Trump be killed, was made in jest.

The post by David Aaronovitch, the host for BBC Radio 4, was made in reference to the Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision in Trump v. United States, which determined that former presidents are entitled to “presumptive immunity” for all “official acts.” Aaronovitch suggested in a post on X that he would order Trump to be “murdered” if he were in Biden’s shoes, with the post later deleted due to backlash.