Trump responds to James Comey ’86 47′ post: ‘Loud and clear’

Published May 17, 2025 10:53am ET



President Donald Trump is not buying former FBI Director James Comey‘s claim that he did not intend to call for violence against the president with his recent controversial social media post.

Comey posted on his Instagram account a formation of seashells which spelled out “86 47,” believed to mean “86,” or get rid of, the 47th president, Trump. The former FBI director, who was fired by Trump in 2017, later removed the post and said he “didn’t realize some folks associate those numbers with violence.”

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