There’s a jokey health ailment in American media called Trump Derangement Syndrome. It’s used by the President himself to describe the protests of opposing groups. It epitomises the emotions of those that gather repeatedly to oppose his agenda in public.
In response to real disorder the President also has a tactic. It’s not media based. It’s a National Security Presidential Memorandum that instructs the moderation of political mobilisation by use of legitimate, reasonable force.
It highlights “organised political violence and domestic terrorism” as a real, significant problem in America. It isn’t just in response to the killing of Charlie Kirk, a political activist, but it feels like it. It reaches deep and seeks to uproot a virulent form of activism.
The starker events in recent modern American history haven’t always been positive. Apart from either party getting their President from time to time, the real issues of politics have been divisive. It’s a reality that bears down heavily on the nation as it moves forward.
