President Donald Trump is firing back at Snoop Dogg days after the release of a music video in which the rapper points a toy gun at a clown dressed like Trump and pulls the trigger.
The gun releases a flag with the word "bang."
It's not the only gun in the highly political, clown-themed video.
The film clip references police shootings and the Black Lives Matter movement, with a police officer shooting an unarmed man during a traffic-stop while a bystander films the incident on a phone.
The policeman's gun fires glitter at the man.
Snoop Dogg was also criticised over the video by Florida Senator Marco Rubio, who lost to Mr Trump in last year's Republican presidential primary campaign.
Glitter guns and 'bang' flag guns feature in the highly political video. Source: YouTube / SNOOP DOGG
“We’ve had presidents assassinated before in this country, so anything like that is something people should really careful about.”
If the “wrong person sees that and gets the wrong idea, you could have a real problem," he said.
"I’m not sure what Snoop was thinking. He should think about that a little more.”
The video was for a remixed version of the song Lavender, by Canadian group BADBADNOTGOOD featuring Snoop Dogg.
- with AAP
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