Why is he pushing terror when there is no terror and when no folks from those

[malaise]

countries have been involved in anything in the US? It makes no sense. What are they up to?

[blm]

1. Smells rotten

,

[Vinca]

2. This all seems to be a continuation of his campaign.

Keep the dim bulbs scared and they will still look to him as lord and savior.

[TheCowsCameHome]

3. Fear sells. Once folks are even slightly panicked,

conservatives can get away with anything.

Republican Playbook 101.

[Warpy]

4. Well, he's a raging narcissist and that means everything is about him

and maybe he thinks 9/11 will be repeated against Trump Tower because he's so important to the continuation of the universe and that gilt and marble horror he lives in on top of it will be destroyed.

Or maybe he is playing to a bunch of chickenshits in flyover country who are scared of everybody who looks different or speaks a foreign language.

For now, it looks like he's being stopped on that front. I hope that continues.

[mindfulNJ]

5. American version of the Reichstag fire coming

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reichstag_fire

[malaise]

7. Don't rule it out

They're criminal enough

[ElementaryPenguin]

16. Possibly a Putin produced nuclear 9-11 - outside of the U.S. - a Trump property

Some American casualties - blamed on Islamic extremists somewhere. Martial law. GOP completely morphs into the Fourth Reich.

Or let's impeach him like NOW.

Either that or it's going to take a major storming of the Bastille moment.

[OceanPete]

6. Set Up

just as any good con, only here they want a WAR as makes it easier to take control.

[SoCalDem]

8. Hey, it worked before..

If people are afraid, they follow meekly..

(I know a word is misspelled, but I am not clever enough to make my own, so I copied this one)

[malaise]

11. Sure looks that way

or we have an I told you So coming - this is lunacy

[IamFortunesFool]

9. Trump supporters eat up the lies like pudding

...because it fits into the nationalistic and fundamentalist narrative they've bought into for over 25 years now. Bannon believes we are already at war with Islam, and is actively looking to make moves that bring that perceived clash to a head. The more they can put us in fear, the more control Trump can exercise and justify his brand of Authoritarian leadership. That's why he keeps waging war on the media and touting fabricated or extremely embellished terrorism stories... He seeks to discredit the press and the judiciary so that we see him as the ONLY source of authority and information.

[BeyondGeography]

10. He's President Carnage

He wants an attack so bad he can taste it.

[malaise]

13. That's my feeling

He thinks it will give him total power - doesn't work that way

[BeyondGeography]

14. It's his only hope politically speaking

But we've been down this road with W. and I don't think most people are up for a re-run, especially with this asshole in charge.

[Motown_Johnny]

12. To make it easier to invade the wrong country after an attack on his watch.

That is how W got his dumb ass reelected. We all know Rump is completely self absorbed. He would have started thinking about the next election a couple weeks after the last one. Not that he has put any thought into anything else, just whatever makes him look good.

[guillaumeb]

15. Be very afraid of scary non-white and non-Christian people.

Very afraid.

Big Daddy Trump will protect us from the very scary others.

[procon]

17. War!

Trump's been itching for war since the primaries, and now he's talking smack and thumping his chest. He's stocked his cabinet with the military and they were all trained for one purpose; win wars. He's surrounded himself with neocons, warmongers and religious whackos set on triggering the the end of the world to bring on the Rapture. He's constantly talking about building an even bigger military force, and he's advocated greatly expanding our nuclear arsenal. Look at how often he's threatening to pull out of the UN and NATO, and why has he deliberately pissed off our best allies around the world?

War!

[mythology]

18. He had to ban someone and he had limited choices

They had to be Muslim and they had to be from countries he has no financial interests in. It would cost him a fortune if he banned Saudis for example.