A man from the Chicago suburbs is sitting in federal jail after he posted videos on Instagram threatening President Donald Trump. Trent Schneider, 57, lives in Winthrop Harbor, Illinois. Police arrested him on Monday morning. He is charged with making threats to hurt someone across state lines. He went to court and a judge said he has to stay locked up until his next hearing on November 6, 2025.
Court papers that were made public on Monday show what Schneider did. He posted a video of himself on Instagram, as per Fox News. In that video, he said he was going to get guns and take care of business himself. He said people need to die and are going to die. Then he said Trump should be executed. Schneider did not just post the video once. He posted the same video about 18 to 20 times between October 16 and October 21.
