It might be an insight or maybe another shot in the dark, but something struck a chord after hearing that Donald Trump has threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act in Minneapolis. Minneapolis, of all places!
He’s been aching to do this for a long time, and now, apparently, he has a perceived reason for doing so.
He has some sort of cause for sending in military troops to restore order in a situation he fomented. Unrest and anger he’s sown may soon be addressed with additional manpower and weaponry and even less margin for error when it comes to opening fire on civilians who are going to be even more angry and on edge and fed up with this manufactured drama.
With all his assumed Executive power, Trump could stop this nonsense in its tracks, theoretically, since, I assume, much of the impetus and devil-on-the-shoulder prodding has been coming from Stephen Miller. But Trump has neither the courage nor moral grounding to do so, and may not want to, because he enjoys the mayhem and the power trip. Besides, he may not have enough sense to recognize motives or the ill-conceived nature of much of what has transpired since he took office. And his heart has always been at least ten sizes too small.
So, here we are, perhaps about to cross another Rubicon. Can’t be many more before all hell breaks loose.
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