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Originally Posted by Mick
Both are as bad as each other. He has condemned the violence displayed by BOTH sides.
Where was your condemnation when Antifa started burning buildings, attacking police during the Berkeley, California protests. It was going largely peaceful until Antifa showed up. ?
It's always one sided with you.  |
I wholeheartedly agree with Trump's condemnation of the violence, whoever was responsible. I respect the man for making a statement condemning the violence.
However, I feel he may also have shown his own prejudices. He did not mention the nationality, colour or religion of the perpetrators. Had there even been rumours they were Muslim, he would have been tweeting that constantly.
He did later condemn White Supremacists and the KKK, but the fact he waited until a fuss started suggests to me that he did so because he saw it affecting his chances of re-election, and not because he genuinely felt that way.
This is, however, an improvement on his previous form. Previously he has said nothing when any White Supremacist has committed terrorist attacks, even if they are on US soil, while he has done his utmost to talk about IS attacks, even if they are nothing to do with the US. It's also worth noting that he rarely mentions that the attack was committed by IS, preferring to blame the whole of Islam, which is like blaming the whole of Christianity for the actions of the Ku Klux Klan.
I suspect he isn't going out of his way to condemn these groups because he thinks there are a lot of Trump voters in them. This isn't a good thing because if a President thinks that about any group, regardless of that group's beliefs or intentions and whether they can be considered good or bad, that President may well feel that he should help or at least not offend that group. A President should not be obligated in that way.
The same applies to our Prime Minister. Unfortunately, we have a Prime Minister who, IMO, has one thing in common with Donald Trump. She doesn't care much about the country, she care about her own career, and will do anything to further that cause. This is one reason why I feel that neither Trump nor May are good for their particular countries.