Trump wages war on peaceful protests—turning them into violent protests

By SJ Otto

We have for a president a man who has made it perfectly clear that he is a president for all the conservative rednecks in this country. Those who love the police—law and order—a reckless disregard for left-wing opinions—those are the people who love Donald Trump, our irresponsible president. One thing I can say about Trump. There is no middle ground—no sitting on the fence—you either hate him or love him. I hate him and that is easy to do.

Trump has nothing but contempt for people on the left. His recent action in Portlandspells that out. Trump has no tolerance for those who protest against the status quo. He is an authoritarian. He sees himself as a strongman and his actions, sending Federal agents into the streets of Portland, are not surprising. He seems determined to stamp out the “disorder” and any opposition to him. No other president, in recent history (except maybe Richard Nixon) has been such an authoritarian. He seems completely intolerant of anyone who crosses him.

It is not surprising that he has sent Federal agents into Portland. His excuse is that they are there to protect Federal property. That position is as phony as his leadership has been. There are reports of him having protesters arrested and held in secrecy. It is as if we are now living in a South American country where they used to have the so called “dirty wars.”

Now Portlandpolice have declared a riot as demonstrators have attacked a fence outside a federal courthouse.

According to Yahoo News:

“Portland,…… has seen 58 straight days of protests sparked by the Black Lives Matter social justice movement and the Memorial Day death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolispolice.”