Former FBI Director James Comey’s recent Instagram post caused a huge wave of controversy after President Donald Trump took it as a call for his assassination. The post, which has since been deleted, showed the numbers “8647” arranged in seashells on a beach, along with the caption “Cool shell formation on my beach walk.”
While Comey insisted the post was not meant as a political statement, the president and several top officials saw it as a direct threat. The debate centers on the meaning of the number “86.” Comey claimed he hadn’t thought about the number’s possible link to violence, but many people understood “86” as slang for “to kill” or “to get rid of,” leading to accusations that the post was a hidden threat against the president.
