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Trump is trying to distract from impending Russia indictments (Original Post) wt1531 Nov 2017 OP
I agree; and to distract from the tax bill. spooky3 Nov 2017 #1
Do you think he actually shares these views DangerousUrNot Nov 2017 #2
Both wt1531 Nov 2017 #3
As long as Mueller isn't distracted... lame54 Nov 2017 #4
Trump needs to rile up his base of white supremacists and nazis. cheyanne Nov 2017 #5

cheyanne

(733 posts)
5. Trump needs to rile up his base of white supremacists and nazis.
Wed Nov 29, 2017, 08:26 PM
Nov 2017

This not only distracts from the investigations, but encourages violence by this base. He needs violence by this group in the streets to provoke counter protesters whom he can then blame.

It's a quick way to get lots of your enemies in one place for easy round-up and give the illusion that only he can contain the situation by more force.

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