Agree or Not: Can’t Dispute His Own Words & Actions
Sources for
this story – read them in order to see my point:
ABC
News: President Trump
has repeatedly distanced himself from acts of violence in communities
across America, dismissing critics who point to his rhetoric as a potential
source of inspiration or comfort for anyone acting on even long-held beliefs of
bigotry and hate.
Example: Last year, four days after a
21-year-old allegedly posted an anti-immigrant
screed online and then allegedly opened fire at a Walmart in El Paso killing
22 and injuring dozens of others he said: “I think my rhetoric brings people
together.”
A nationwide review conducted by ABC News has identified at least 54
criminal cases where Trump was invoked in direct connection with violent acts,
threats of violence or allegations of assault.
Then this article (my emphasis):
NY
Times: With the
nation on edge ravaged by disease, hammered by economic collapse, divided over
lockdowns and face masks, and now convulsed once again by race, President
Trump’s first instinct has been to look for someone to fight.
Over the
last week, America reeled from 100,000 pandemic deaths, 40 million people out
of work and cities in flames over a brutal police killing of a subdued black
man.
But Mr. Trump was on the attack against China, the World Health
Organization (WHO),
Big Tech (Twitter),
former President Barack Obama (his fav target), a cable television host (Joe Scarborough),
and the mayor of a riot-torn city (Minneapolis).
While other presidents seek to cool
the situation in tinderbox moments like this, Mr. Trump plays with matches. Twitter nails him and says it's up the public to decide (from NPR):
Screenshot of Trump Tweet
(May 29 @ 7:53 AM)
He
roars into any melee he finds encouraging street uprisings against public
health measures advanced by his own government, hurling made-up murder charges
against a critic (Joe Scarborough), accusing his predecessor of unspecified crimes (Mr. Obama), vowing to crack down on a social media
company that angered him (Twitter), and then seemingly threatening to meet
violence with violence in Minneapolis (saying: “...when the looting starts, the shooting starts”).
As several
cities erupted in street protests after the killing of George Floyd, some of
them resulting in clashes with the police, Mr. Trump made no appeal for calm.
Instead in a
series of tweets and comments to reporters on Saturday (May 30), he blamed the
unrest on Democrats, called on “Liberal Governors and Mayors to get MUCH
tougher on the crowds,” threatened to intervene with “the unlimited power of
our Military,” and even suggested his own supporters mount a counter-demonstration
(his brand of insurrection
I guess).
Related
to the image above – I deleted the “traitor” reference – it was a bit too strong for me, however, I mostly
agree with the contents of the article.
My 2 cents: Very good article sources. All I
would is pretty simple: Hard to dispute but just wait and watch Trump loyalists
and hardcore sycophants (especially in
congress and his appointed ones) who stand by him, always praising and
fluffing him, and afraid of him They must since they don’t want to lose favor
with him and their jobs lest they suffer the “Wrath of Don.”
That is Trump and
his M.O. He is not apt to change because he is incapable of change.
That’s how he ran his businesses and got results,
good, bad, or indifferent, and now that’s how he thinks he can run a country
and our historically strong government system – boy, is he flat out wrong.
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