Trump versus LA -- Some thoughts to ponder and questions to ask
1) When Neo Nazis at Charlottesville chanted, “Jews will not replace us” and killed a young woman, Mr. Trump called them fine people. But currrently, he attacks Harvard University for not protecting Jews during pro-Palestinian protests. Does turning Gaza into a Trump resort have anything to do with this about face? What a quandary for white supremacist MAGAs, who hate both Jews and Palestinians. Perhaps Trump needs to throw them some other hate meat to feast on, like refugees and immigrants in the US, in order to maintain his quest for more money and power.
2) The FELON President calls migrants and immigrants criminals and says we must uphold law and order against them. Really? Is he planning to dump his Slovenian wife, whose entry visa and subsequent work activities have raised questions? Would he have deported his immigrant mother? Would he have deported his immigrant grandfather who ran a brothel at a gold rush town? Does anyone know where the sex workers at the brothel came from?
3) Mr. Trump calls the protesters in LA insurrectionist thugs who need to be stopped by the federal government taking over the CA National Guard (without consulting the CA governor) and calling in US Marines. Isn’t this the same guy who incited a seditious and insurrectionist attack on members of Congress at the Capitol in order to halt the certification of the lawful election winner so he could stay in office? He’s the same guy who sat for hours watching Capitol police being assaulted in attacks that injured several people and killed some, while refusing all requests to call a halt to the riot that he instigated. The same guy who later called it a love fest by tourists. Clearly, protection of government property and the safety of people are not his actual priorities. Looks like using force for his own agendas is a higher priority for him.
The situation in LA is NOT about immigrants and migrants. It is about Trump deliberately inflaming a situation in order to provoke protesters and use brute force against them. Once that precedent is set, it will not stop there. Protests and criticism of the government will be criminalized and military force used, in Trump’s own words, “Everywhere.” Our response is about preserving democracy and civil and human rights in peaceful protests that heed the examples of MLK and Gandhi, exposing a stark contrast to the violence of troop attacks.