Trump doesn't want de-escalation. He needs ICE to provoke the fight. |
Donald Trump's second term as president has often seemed like a prolonged series of slapdash decisions that rarely demonstrated any serious planning. But invoking the Insurrection Act to invade America's cities with America's military has long been Trump's plan, even before he took office again.
If you're feeling worried and overwhelmed by the chaotic violence and constitutional abuses perpetrated by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents rampaging around Minneapolis and other cities, that also is part of Trump's plan, as he again threatened on Jan. 15 to use the Insurrection Act.
That's why Trump's administration this week mocked and misled about Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz when the two-term Democrat tried to de-escalate the rage and fear after two ICE shootings, including one fatality, and a steady stream of social media videos showing masked federal agents smashing windows, shoving people into cars, firing chemical agents into crowds and randomly demanding proof of citizenship.
Trump doesn't want de-escalation. He needs ICE to provoke the fight. That's the pretext for the president to