For a man claiming that Los Angeles has descended into such violent chaos that it requires the immediate and illegal deployment of federal troops, President Donald Trump sure seems to have time to fixate on trivial things. This is not a man behaving like the government is on war footing, but instead is the same old Trump, flitting from grievance to grievance. And he’s not the only one.
On Monday, when Trump was taking questions about reporters from the California protests, he was asked about his decision to send active-duty Marines to Los Angeles. That is a very important question, given that it is unprecedented and illegal. But Trump used the opportunity to bash California’s high-speed rail project connecting Los Angeles with San Francisco.
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