In his inaugural address on the footsteps of the Capitol in 2017, the newly elected President Trump vowed, “This American carnage stops right here and stops right now.” It didn’t, of course.

There was an Isis attack during Trump’s first year in office. On Halloween 2017, an Islamic State-inspired terrorist in a rented pick-up truck mowed down pedestrians on a crowded New York cycle lane, killing eight people and injuring 16.

This didn’t stop Trump claiming during this year’s election campaign that there were no terrorist attacks on US soil on his watch as president, with barely a squeak of protest.

But there is a reason why the terrorist attack in New Orleans feels so sinister and memorable. The breakdown in trust in the US feels more urgent and dangerous as Trump prepares for his second inaugural address, now less than three weeks away.

Seeking to turn the attacks to his political advantage, Trump posted on Truth Social: “Democrats should be ashamed of themselves for allowing this to happen to our Country… A violent erosion of Safety, National Security, and Democracy is taking place all across our Nation.” He concluded: “See you on January 20th.”

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