The vast majority of the American media chose the significance of Donald Trump's statement about a "bloodbath" as violence. His supporters responded that his statement came in the context of warning of an economic disaster.
Merriam- Webster's famous dictionary defines "blood bath" in two ways, the first as "a great slaughter - a fierce, violent, or destructive rivalry or struggle," while the second definition refers to it as " a major economic disaster" "He's predicting an evening bloodbath. What does that mean? He's going to exact a bloodbath," said former Democratic Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi.