Trump's hypocrisy: Threaten US protesters but praise 'Iranian Patriots' |
If only President Donald Trump cared as much about the civil rights of protesters in the streets of America as he does about the protesters in the streets of Iran.
The insulting double standard in Trump’s worldview is on full display right now as he threatens, not for the first time in an American city, to invoke the Insurrection Act and bring in the military to Minnesota in a move sure to further enflame an already combustible situation there.
In Trump’s view, the throngs of residents now protesting in Minneapolis – outraged over Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s occupation of their city in the wake of the killing of resident Renee Good – are “anarchists and professional agitators,” (even though there’s no evidence they’re being paid). Trump warned Jan. 15 that he would take action himself if Minnesota doesn’t stop the “insurrectionists” from interfering with ICE and “put an end to the travesty that is taking place.”
Contrast that incendiary language with Trump’s approach to the ongoing protests in Tehran, where he sent a message of international support to “Iranian Patriots” via his social media........