# Does President Trump use private "goon squads"?

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**Created:** [March 15, 2017, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-president-trump-use-private-goon-squads/782210 "2017-03-15T01:56:08Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 15, 2017, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-president-trump-use-private-goon-squads/782210/1 "2017-03-15T01:56:08Z")

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Does President Trump use private “goon squads” to deal with people who displease him somehow?  
Could he become America’s “Papa Doc”?

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