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Y'all do realize Trump has inoculated himself against all criticism and blame for any future terrorist attack. - Dennis S - 02-09-2017
Of course, he would have always lied or blamed someone else, but he will always have a plausible case now that he's gone to the mat for his travel ban.
Re: Y'all do realize Trump has inoculated himself against all criticism and blame for any future terrorist attack. - space-time - 02-09-2017
yeap, I am afraid he is going to play that card.
Re: Y'all do realize Trump has inoculated himself against all criticism and blame for any future terrorist attack. - Onamuji - 02-09-2017
Been reading?
https://newrepublic.com/article/140432/blaming-trump-next-big-terrorist-attack
Because the ban was lifted by a judge, many very bad and dangerous people may be pouring into our country. A terrible decision
The judge opens up our country to potential terrorists and others that do not have our best interests at heart. Bad people are very happy!
Just cannot believe a judge would put our country in such peril. If something happens blame him and court system. People pouring in. Bad!
This is not just an attack on a single judge. Rather, it’s a broader attempt to intimidate the judiciary, the branch of government most likely to check his power and policies. But it’s also a candid admission about how he intends to play the politics of terrorism. If the U.S. is hit by a terrorist attack that can be connected to Islamic radicalism, Trump will blame his opponents, whether they be the courts, politicians, journalists, or whomever; the terrorist attack will be anyone’s fault but his own. Knowing this, Democrats must be ready to play politics in return.
Late last month, Alexandre Bissonnette, a 27-year-old white man who had expressed admiration for both Trump and French demagogue Marine Le Pen, gunned down six people in a mosque in Quebec City, Canada. Trump didn’t make any public comments about the massacre, only addressing it in private conversation with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Several days later, in France, a man armed with knives attacked a group of soldiers, injuring one, while yelling “Allahu Akbar.” Trump tweeted almost immediately about it:
A new radical Islamic terrorist has just attacked in Louvre Museum in Paris. Tourists were locked down. France on edge again. GET SMART U.S.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 3, 2017
The disparate response to these two attacks—one downplayed even though six people were killed, the other elevated even though there was no loss of life—make clear that Trump intends to focus exclusively on “radical Islamic” terrorism, as suggested by the administration’s reported plans to exclude white supremacist extremism from a Department of Homeland Security counter-extremism program. It’s easy to imagine, then, how Trump will respond to future attacks. If the culprit is a white racist, as in Quebec or the Charleston church massacre, Trump will try to ignore it as much as possible and not present it as an act of political violence. Conversely, if an attack can be tied to Islamic radicalism, Trump will say “I told you so”—and argue that he was trying to protect the American people, but was hamstrung by the courts and other enemies. He will use Americans’ anger over terrorism to discredit the institutions that have a constitutional duty to check him, and he will push for more presidential power.
Re: Y'all do realize Trump has inoculated himself against all criticism and blame for any future terrorist attack. - Dennis S - 02-09-2017
Onamuji wrote:
Been reading?
No, I hadn't read anything about it. I was wondering why I've never heard it mentioned on the news, being so obvious.
Re: Y'all do realize Trump has inoculated himself against all criticism and blame for any future terrorist attack. - SteveG - 02-09-2017
His own version of the Reichstag Fire...only he's already blamed the enemies (the courts) before it takes place.
Once again, Welcome to 1933.
Re: Y'all do realize Trump has inoculated himself against all criticism and blame for any future terrorist attack. - $tevie - 02-09-2017
If we aren't careful, we are going to start to sound like those whackadoodles who thought Obama was going to make himself permanent dictator and establish the new world order. Just sayin'.
Re: Y'all do realize Trump has inoculated himself against all criticism and blame for any future terrorist attack. - SteveG - 02-09-2017
We've been watching this mental case for 3 decades here in NYC. There's no exaggeration about it. He is deeply and aggressively dangerous.
Re: Y'all do realize Trump has inoculated himself against all criticism and blame for any future terrorist attack. - Janit - 02-09-2017
Dennis S wrote:
Of course, he would have always lied or blamed someone else, but he will always have a plausible case now that he's gone to the mat for his travel ban.
He would claim that immunity regardless. Declining to resist because then he would use resistance as an excuse to blame us would be giving in to the bully. He will blame everyone else for any problems no matter what happens.
We must resist playing his game. We must resist treating him as though he is rational. He is not. Don't get drawn in. Plausibility may matter to us, but not to his supporters. They will believe anything he says, plausible or implausible.
His supporters really do believe that thousands of Muslims celebrated in the streets of Jersey City on 9/11. His supporters really do believe that millions of illegal immigrants voted in the election. And now they believe in the Bowling Green Massacre. Some of them even believe in the Green Bay Massacre. Next will be the Green Mountain Massacre, instigated by Bernie Sanders.
Re: Y'all do realize Trump has inoculated himself against all criticism and blame for any future terrorist attack. - Dennis S - 02-09-2017
Janit wrote:
[quote=Dennis S]
Of course, he would have always lied or blamed someone else, but he will always have a plausible case now that he's gone to the mat for his travel ban.
He would claim that immunity regardless. Declining to resist because then he would use resistance as an excuse to blame us would be giving in to the bully. He will blame everyone else for any problems no matter what happens.
We must resist playing his game. We must resist treating him as though he is rational. He is not. Don't get drawn in. Plausibility may matter to us, but not to his supporters. They will believe anything he says.
Yes, but he can peel off support from heretofore non-Trump supporters with a plausible excuse.
Re: Y'all do realize Trump has inoculated himself against all criticism and blame for any future terrorist attack. - mrbigstuff - 02-09-2017
They're setting up the response to a precipitated attack now. People too gun shy to talk about it.