“I’m not sure Trump said “kill the family members.” He said “go after,” and mentioned the wives of the 9/11 hijackers, also saying he’d leave it to the reporters’ imagination what he’d do. “
In 1986 Hezbollah kidnapped three Soviet diplomats and killed one.
The KGB answered by kidnapping a relative of the Hezbollah leader. They castrated him, killed him, and then sent his parts to the Hezbollah leader, along with a letter promising that there would be more of this if the diplomats were not released immediately. They were released immediately.
Was he suggesting prank phone calls? Buzzing their homes with his jet? Having the IRS audit them?