It may seem rude for Donald Trump to use the New Orleans terrorist attack to score political points, but he knows, like any successful politician, that a good disaster should never be wasted.
As soon as Fox Information claimed that Shamsud-Din Jabbar, the suspect, had entered the country through the Texas border two days ago, the president-elect’s son, Donald Trump Jr, posted on “Biden to the United States: migrant terrorists.”
Donald Trump knows that he should never waste a good crisis.Credit: AP
On Social Reality, the platform favored by the president-elect, Donald Trump Sr. repeated his earlier claim that “the criminals coming in are much worse than the criminals we have in our country,” which he said had been denied by “ the false criminals.” media” but “it turned out to be true.”
Democrats will, of course, condemn Trump for blatant opportunism, but they will also know that his comments will shock the voting public in America.
As it happens, Fox Information’s claim about crossing the border turned out to be unfounded. According to investigators, Jabbar was an American citizen, but for many Americans that detail will now be irrelevant.
Once again, Trump has proven to be a master at controlling the narrative, however unpleasant it may be, and support for his promise to deport all undocumented immigrants just increased a bit.
Just as Trump’s first failed assassination attempt came at the right time to give his presidential campaign a boost, the terrorist attack has given impetus to his most controversial political plan.
He will take office in less than three weeks, and all those who oppose his deportation plan will now have to formulate their arguments more carefully, knowing that the New Orleans attack will be used as a stick with which to beat them.
