Trump is using tragedy to hide his bait and switch

Trump is using tragedy to hide his bait and switch
But as Trump crosses the line from ignorant bombast to dangerous, Fox News will eventually have to abandon him

By Sabrina Haake
Contributing Writer
Published January 5, 2025 6:00AM (EST)


(Salon) When a radicalized US Army veteran mowed down 15 people in New Orleans, Donald Trump wasted no time pointing his finger, blaming immigrants and a non-existent ‘open border’ for the tragedy:

This is what happens when you have OPEN BORDERS... The DOJ, FBI, and Democrat state and local prosecutors… are incompetent and corrupt, having spent all of their waking hours unlawfully attacking their political opponent, ME.... Democrats should be ashamed of themselves for allowing this to happen to our Country.

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Also on-brand, Trump co-opted the massacre to redirect attention from his bait and switch on immigration. After convincing 49% of the nation’s voters that immigrants were the root of all evil, leading to a 1% win Fox News calls a landslide, Trump sided with Elon Musk to defend hiring more foreigners for high-paid jobs under the H1-B visa program.

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After being obsessed with immigrants in general and the H1-B visa program in particular, and after restricting access to foreign worker visas in the past, Trump has now switched his tune to match Musk’s, saying he has “many H-1B visas on my properties. I’ve been a believer in H-1B. I have used it many times. It’s a great program.” Trump, whose most educated talent includes convicted tax fraud accountants and convicted lawyers facing debarment, has not explained why cooks, servers, housekeepers and groundskeepers at his motels need high-tech visa clearances. ....................(more)

https://www.salon.com/2025/01/05/is-using-tragedy-to-hide-his-bait-and-switch/