The overwhelming visual on all the cable news channels this Saturday is the sight of protesters everywhere, both in the United States and around the free world, marching in opposition to President Donald Trump and his executive order on immigration and refugees and demanding #NoBanNoWall.
Admittedly, a much less compelling visual would be the rooftops of all the homes and businesses where people are going about their daily business, but a quick glance at the TV is enough to convince just about anyone that the entire planet stands in unison against the Trump administration.
Philip Gourevitch, staff writer for the New Yorker, posits that at this point, Trump needs jihadis to attack America — we’re guessing to garner public support for his policies. Actually, make to that garner visual support for his policies that reflects recent poll results.
Think about it: at this point Trump desperately needs America to be attacked by jihadis.
— Philip Gourevitch (@PGourevitch) February 4, 2017
And it's almost as if the executive order on immigration was designed to incite and increase the likelihood of such an attack occurring. https://t.co/pZIiKtsqQ0
— Daniel W. Drezner (@dandrezner) February 4, 2017
Yep – becomes self-fulfilling, self-justifying, a pretext for greater emergency measures – the perpetual motion machinery of escalation. https://t.co/PS0g9Ppikd
— Philip Gourevitch (@PGourevitch) February 4, 2017
Now that the reported pink yarn shortage stoked by massive demand for pussy hats is behind us, it might be a good time to stock up on tin foil if we’re really going with this theory.
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it's to the point they might allow or even instigate an attack. Hate to sound tin hat but…
— eli friedmann (@eligit) February 4, 2017
https://twitter.com/kevin_modestino/status/828008572147597318
https://twitter.com/egoldstein/status/828012519491043329
I have been waiting (just like they have). They drool when people get killed. It's some sick shit.
— Bongmaster (@jerweber) February 4, 2017
Oh, I figured that out awhile ago. He wants a 9/11 b/c then he can push thru whatever he wants like they did the Patriot Act
— Vicki Hobb ?? #NeverAgain (@ColorInFusion) February 4, 2017
https://twitter.com/johnconn9/status/828011727824486401
https://twitter.com/dcxpatriot/status/828009701031940100
Then again, maybe one of the reasons Trump was elected in the first place was because Americans have had enough of being attacked by jihadis.
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