As Trump prepared to lambast the press Saturday night at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, spokesperson Karoline Leavitt said “there will be shots fired tonight.” It was an ironic choice of words in light of the gun violence that soon followed, but no one accused her of making any threats. The phrase “86,” as a popular idiom, also has multiple definitions and slang interpretations. It could simply mean to impeach the president or to defeat him politically.