Poll: 77% concerned that crime is rising in major cities

The idea that the president might want violence between the state and its most radical elements is one of the more depressing possibilities in a year that s overflowing with them. It s not clear why violence surged in so many other cities over the weekend despite a relatively peaceful June and July but maybe the televised spectacle in Portland is feeding the destructive impulse elsewhere. Inanity Abounds on Both Sides in the Law and Order Road Show, wrote David French recently of Trump s willingness to get rough and the Antifa brigades willingness to accommodate him. The chief inanity is that, because the standoff at the courthouse has become a de facto test of wills between him and the rioters, neither side wants to back off. Trump is actually sending more feds there today to reinforce the Border Patrol units defending the courthouse. If he pulls out, Antifa will have won. If the protesters quit, Trump will have won. Each side despises the other and doesn t want to hand them that victory, so neither side will let the other win.

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