Once again we see the folly of an elected novice, lacking both experience and basic political knowledge—Trump on protesters for Floyd

By SJ Otto

The idea of electing a novice—one of those people who can brag that he “is not a politician,” we now see the foolishness of putting a man, President Donald Trump, in charge of the country that he is not able to really run.

The bottom line is that this is a man who now sees himself as “at war with protesters who are outraged at the death of George Floyd.” A person like Trump becomes dangerous, especially if he is able to carry out his lunatic ideas.

Today, in a Rose Garden speech shaded with anger, President Trump threatened to send the American military to states where governors could not bring the protests, over police brutality, under control. According to the StarTribune:

“Most of you are weak,” he said. “It’s like a war. And we will end it fast. Be tough.”

That is the ranting of a man who is easily set off by people who oppose his own views of the world. So far he has verbally lashed out at factions of the left that he has accused of being responsible for the violence across the county. He has refused to accuse right-wing groups of any violence. He is clearly supportive of far-right militant groups, related to Nazis and Ku Klux Klan. According to an audio recorded by The New York Times:

“But I saw what happened in Dallas, and those kids are all scum, they’re wise guys. And it’s coming from the radical left. You know it. Everybody knows it, but it’s also looters, and it’s people that figure they can get free stuff by running into stores and running out with television sets….”

He has specifically called out the Antifa, going as far as accusing them of being domesticated terrorists and calling for authorities to use various techniques, which in the past would be considered “dirty tricks,” such as “COINTELPRO,” used by the FBI for new left groups during the 1960s or 1970s. Antifa is an anarchist configuration. Its official a group known as anti-fascist political activists. According to Wikipedia it comprises autonomous activist groups that aim to achieve their political objectives through the use of direct action rather than through policy reform.

To attack this group will enrage the many anarchist people and groups in this country. He will also end up with organizations, such as the Revolutionary Communist Party (RCP) and other similar groups.

See RCP’s Bob Avakian:
Police Murder and a Murderous System.

On top of all these political factions, we have individuals, mostly black, who are legitimately enraged that George Floyd was killed needlessly by police. Trump’s actions are on the path of enraging people throughout this country, and not just leftists, but also people who want justice for Floyd. Trump is being warned by some of the Governors he has heckled. For example:

“Other governors pushed back, suggesting Mr. Trump’s presence in their states could provoke unrest. Gov. Janet Mills of Maine, a Democrat, told the president that his planned trip to a medical swab factory north of Bangor this week “may cause security problems.” Mr. Trump responded by dismissing her caution and saying he was even more determined to go.

After the president made extensive and uncorroborated claims about the protesters being part of an organized cabal, Ms. Mills, with evident skepticism, asked for proof. “I’d love to get the intelligence you appear to have access to,” she said.

Not all of the governors were uneasy with Mr. Trump’s language, particularly his fellow Republicans. After Ms. Mills sought to dissuade the president from going to Maine, Gov. Jim Justice of West Virginia spoke up when it was another governor’s turn to say that the president was welcome in his state.

And Gov. Henry McMaster of South Carolina seemed to echo some of Mr. Trump’s conspiratorial thinking. Mr. McMaster said that some of the protesters were being paid, and “we even hear some of them get a bonus if they get arrested.”

Of course the idea that protesters are being paid is ridiculous. Who would pay them and what would they gain for their money? This is purely ludicrous. Once again we need to remind people that this country is being lead by dogmatists of the right who are much more concerned that the far right stays in control of this country. Stopping police from casually killing black people is not in Trump’s interest or others like him.

While removing Trump from office may help the situation, what is WAY more important is the electing of progressives, on the state and local level, who can help us tilt this country away from far right ideology and move this country towards some kind of progressivism.

Democratic Presidential candidate Joe Biden is not very progressive. Removing Trump is not a bad idea, but replacing Congress people on both the national and state level is what is needed.