I can't figure out if the president is trying to channel his inner German, Tim the Tool Man Taylor, or Arthur Bloch... Regardless, the idea that he's telling the governors of the US to use MORE force, be more dominating in their approach to leadership, that they're weak and that they're "going to look like a bunch of jerks" if they don't "dominate" the situation, while his press secretary says, on his behalf, "what stops anarchy is action," is the complete wrong message.
In a time like this, when frustration is justly high, it's a message of empathy, sympathy, unity - SOMETHING to bring us together - that will help.
Instead, he's instructing governors to call in the national guard, use more force, arrest, and jail for up to ten years. That will end everything in his mind.
Meanwhile, we have the family of George Floyd calling out for Peace. Continue to protest the injustices, but do not riot and destroy.
We have our last president saying to protest, but not riot and destroy, and to remember that change comes in the ballot box.
True leaders unite and see what they can do to fix problems - they don't stoke the flames.
Our current president, as reporter Jim Acosta put it a few days ago, "is a president at times as we know who likes to light the match, set the fire, and then run away from the flames."
As people die from COVID-19, he's safe as everyone around him gets tested regularly. He can flaunt not wearing a mask, encouraging others not to as well.
As people protest, demanding justice, he demands force is used against men and women, as he is secure in his bunker without fear of harm.
