New Yorker staffer suggests Trump 'desperately needs America to be attacked'

Brett T. | 7:16 PM on February 04, 2017

The overwhelming visual on all the cable news channels this Saturday is the sight of protesters everywhere, both in the United States and around the free world, marching in opposition to President Donald Trump and his executive order on immigration and refugees and demanding #NoBanNoWall.

Admittedly, a much less compelling visual would be the rooftops of all the homes and businesses where people are going about their daily business, but a quick glance at the TV is enough to convince just about anyone that the entire planet stands in unison against the Trump administration.

Philip Gourevitch, staff writer for the New Yorker, posits that at this point, Trump needs jihadis to attack America — we’re guessing to garner public support for his policies. Actually, make to that garner visual support for his policies that reflects recent poll results.

Think about it: at this point Trump desperately needs America to be attacked by jihadis.

— Philip Gourevitch (@PGourevitch) February 4, 2017

And it's almost as if the executive order on immigration was designed to incite and increase the likelihood of such an attack occurring. https://t.co/pZIiKtsqQ0

— Daniel W. Drezner (@dandrezner) February 4, 2017

Yep – becomes self-fulfilling, self-justifying, a pretext for greater emergency measures – the perpetual motion machinery of escalation. https://t.co/PS0g9Ppikd

— Philip Gourevitch (@PGourevitch) February 4, 2017

Now that the reported pink yarn shortage stoked by massive demand for pussy hats is behind us, it might be a good time to stock up on tin foil if we’re really going with this theory.