Trump squanders chance to lead after day of fear (Analysis)

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Don't expect Donald Trump to repent for heating America's politics to a bitter boiling point, despite a day that could have turned into a tragedy after an unknown suspect mailed bombs to the President's favorite targets.

Trump did just about the bare minimum expected after the attempted attacks using improvised explosives on two of his predecessors, several other prominent political critics and the New York offices of CNN.

But there was no public acknowledgment that there can be consequences to the nation's most conspiratorial rhetoric and demagoguery -- violent, dehumanizing language he himself has spread as he lashes out at his opponents and whips up his supporters.

Characteristically, he undermined his scripted invocations of unity with fresh attacks of his own, implicitly blaming people who criticize him, the media and Democrats for the nation's dangerous political divides. He kept up the attacks Thursday morning, tweeting that "a very big part of the Anger we see today in our society is caused by the purposely false and inaccurate reporting of the Mainstream Media."

Trump's political method has often been based upon portraying opponents as a threat to America, eviscerating their characters and tearing at the nation's most painful political, social and racial divides.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/25/politics/donald-trump-blame-bombs/index.html

[SWBTATTReg]

1. None of us DUers expected otherwise from this piece of garbage/white nationalist/thug...

Ignore him. He's worthless and will soon be gone when we vote the pieces of crap out of office and then go after him for criminal acts done in his name (and those who too, committed crimes). No rest, no peace anywhere for scumbags.

[BigmanPigman]

2. He has been tweeting and blaming the media and Dems.

He will not change! He is doubling down and says he is being unfairly linked to this. He is digging in his heels and saying the same things privately and publicly.

He wants to make this about him now! And none of this is his fault. He feels we are attacking him in the media. He is not a leader. He is a destroyer. He is incapable of being self reflective and right now he feels like people are attacking him unfairly. He is seriously mentally ill...sociopath and malignant narcissist.