Sunday, September 15, 2024

The Strategy Behind Trump's Lies

I write this on Sunday, September 15. Since doing poorly in the debate with Kamala Harris on Tuesday, Sept. 10, Donald Trump has not been not backing away from his outrageous lies about Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, eating pets, but actually doubling down. Same with his Vice President nominee J.D. Vance. This is NOT the way to attract undecided voters, as this stuff is clearly both crazy and racist. So what is Trump up to? Here is my gloomy prediction. He is no longer trying to win the election. He is just trying to rally his right-wing, racist, anti-immigrant, xenophobic forces so that they will be filled with maximum anger and be ready to again attack when he loses the election and starts shouting, again, that the election was unfair, that it was stolen. Prepare for a Jan. 6 type event, or maybe multiple such events, all over again. Fortunately, Joe Biden will be in charge of American security forces to put down any coup attempt, but this could mean months or years of violent right-wing activity. I hope I am wrong about this, but I fear I could be right.

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