I hate to say it, but Trump is probably loving the unrest

[manhattan123]

First, it has taken media attention away from his criminally incompetent handling of the pandemic. The cable news nets were 24/7 on the crisis, 100,000 deaths, Trump urging people to inject themselves with disinfectant, etc. now they are overwhelmingly about the protests and unrest. (God forbid the media walk and chew gum at the same time.)

Second, it gives him a chance to play the tough guy, law and order, I'll send in the military, looting/shooting, etc. which his base eats up. And it may attract back a few wavering suburbanites who were sickened by his pandemic response, but are scared seeing cities go up in flames on their TV screens.

He can't respond to a pandemic, but he is a genius at demonizing and playing to the worst fears of a big patch of America.

[dem4decades]

1. Not as much as Putin but they're both on the same page.

[True Blue American]

2. Cowering in the WH?

[Tipperary]

3. Of course he is.

And he probably chortled away merrily when that mob attacked CNN headquarters.

[Zoonart]

9. The Atlanta Police Department has a precinct inside CNN Center.

[hlthe2b]

4. I think there may be Trumpsters infiltrating to incite...

There is nothing his rabid racist base "loves" more than seeing police/Nat. Guard put down A. Americans "rioting"...

I don't know the answer, but I fear the good that NEEDS to come from this long pent-up response to increasing American racism-- as most recently displayed by George Floyd's murder and those of many others--may be perverted by his ilk.

[lapfog_1]

5. His master Putin ABSOLUTELY loves this.

Not sure Putin is as pleased with his oil war with the Saudis... but even that killed off the tar sands and oil shale of North America... not that I will cry about that.

Oh, now that they have that pipeline from North Dakota, at least for a while there won't be in oil to put in the damn thing.

[Walleye]

6. I don't think so.

His incompetence is on display. He has no idea what to do. How can he campaign on law and order when ha can’t get this under control? It’s also going to hinder any economic recovery. He’s starting to realize that his presidency is over. I could be wrong.

[tman]

7. Yes. It might be the one thing that saves him.

[empedocles]

11. Certainly an important trump hope

[Walleye]

8. The economic despair leads to crime and violence

[TheCowsCameHome]

10. Loving it is too mild...

...he absolutely revels in it.

[dalton99a]

12. It is a certainty.

[Wounded Bear]

13. Don't hate the truth. Trump loves chaos. That's where he thrives...

[Demsrule86]

14. Then he is an idiot...everything that happens is laid at his door. He is the president.

[CBHagman]

15. Yes, because they just released the Flynn transcripts.

Of course they released the Flynn transcripts on Take Out the Trash Day.

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/05/transcript-michael-flynn-trump-russia-ambassador-collusion-sanctions.html

Michael Flynn, the former Trump national security adviser, pleaded guilty in federal court to the charge of lying to FBI officials about a conversation he had with the Russian ambassador. Flynn’s defenders have insisted his lie was innocent and immaterial.

Late Friday afternoon, the Trump administration released the transcript of that conversation. The timing itself does not indicate much confidence that the transcript would support Flynn’s interpretation (late Friday afternoons not being the customary time to drop favorable news stories). And indeed, the transcript makes Flynn’s call look even less innocent.

[Baclava]

16. Yep, 40M unemployed and 100K deaths, off the front news pages, he is cheering on the burning/looting

[Stallion]

17. Polls are Like Testing for Covid-We'll See in 7 to 14 days

Trump was in a double digit hole and facing unrelenting criticism.

[jeffreyi]

18. Yep.

Plays right into their hands. Nixon used this same phenomenon to great advantage.

[abqtommy]

19. Of course... tRUMP's Daddy Putin will give him a pat on the head and a new batch of rubles...

[Takket]

20. divide and conquer has been the drumpf/putin playbook since day 1.....

this is a culmination of years long efforts. a success of their strategy.

[Baitball Blogger]

21. Not sure that Trump is reveling in this. He might have wanted it at one time,

but now that it's here he realizes what it means to the big picture. This is social unrest, on top of economic disaster. He's not going to make it to a second term. History will view his presidency as a disaster.

On top of that, all these white supremacist infiltrators are going to force the rest of the white community, to see the problems through the eyes of a minority.

[roamer65]

22. I think his MAGAts are orchestrating it.

[Skittles]

23. of couse he is

it's his (and Putin's) wet dream