As President and now President elect, Trump still talks tough which represents the GOP's failure to address terror and domestic violence. Trump's so called tough talk on social media soon after the terrorist attack in New Orleans on New Years morning calling the attacker an immigrant was a big lie and therefor did not address the issue.
The attacker was born in the U.S., raised in the U.S. schooled in the U.S. worked in the U.S. and served in the U.S. military. Trump's rage and big lie trying to link the terrorist with immigration, once again demonstrates how Trump is mentally unfit to serve in the White House as President of the U.S. America needs to be reminded what took place on the GOP's watch concerning terror attacks and domestic violence.
During Trump's first term in office two separate terror attacks took place in New York a month apart early on that killed multiple people. There was also a terror attack in Florida that took the lives of two military Americans on base led by a Saudi operative. All toll there were several more terror attacks that took place. The worst mass shooting and killing took place in Las Vegas in 2017 killing 58 people. Another mass shooting and killing took place in Southerland Springs, Tex in 2017 killing 26 people; another one in in Parkland, Florida that killed 17 people in 2018 and another one in El Paso, Tex. in 2019 that killed 23 people for a total of 124 people killed in mass shootings, all on Trump's watch.
Then there was Trump's January 6 mob attack on the national capitol that took the lives of several people, destroyed property that ended in prison time for over 100 of the rioters who Trump says he will pardon. Domestic crime was up on Trump's watch his last three years in office and culminated with a record murder rate in 2020. And over the past number of years, 7 or 8 of the top ten states with the highest gun violence death rates were governed by the GOP.
The worst foreign terror attack against Americans on foreign soil took place in Beirut in 1983 on President Reagan's watch while he was trying to talk tough. Terrorist blew up the U.S. Marine compound that killed 241 Marines and wounded many others. Reagan never brought any of the planners of that attack to justice. Reagan's decision to send the Marines to Beirut were opposed by his Department of Defense.
The worst foreign terror attack against Americans on America soil took place on the watch of President George W. Bush on 9/11 when over 3,000 Americans were killed. Bush came into the office also talking tough against terrorists but it did not work. Bush had 7 years and three months to bring Bin Laden to justice for planning the attack but failed to do so. President Obama did bring Bin Laden to justice because he made it his top priority. After Bush ordered the invasion of Iraq over WMD that did not exist, it was terrorists who came to Iraq and were responsible for killing and wounding American troops. Iraqi's army was already destroyed early in the war.
Terror attacks can take place during any administration mainly because America is an open country with freedom. The best guard against terrorism is a good intelligence policy and plans with a top priority commitment. So called tough talk does not scare nor is it a policy to stop a terrorist from attacking when the terrorist is willing to kill his own self in the attack. The big problem for the GOP and the country relates to their ideology of governing. When you govern by ideology, there are no plans or policy, therefore no real effort on the issues. Democratic administrations govern with policy and plans to address the issue at hand and therefor do a better job at governing and protecting America and its people.
On January 20, Trump's second term will begin and a mentally unfit for office President will be running the country once again. Will the future be like the failed past?
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
Note: All numbers related to terror attacks and domestic violence taken from FBI records, Historical terror records by the Federal Government, from Statista and The Gun Violence Archives.
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