Trump Blames Refugees After Shooting, Ignores Actual Causes
The New York Times dutifully reports on Donald Trump's latest fear-mongering, where he leverages a National Guard shooting to cast suspicion on refugees. What the Times omits, of course, is the convenient timing of such rhetoric. This isn't a new playbook; it's a well-worn script, trotted out whenever political convenience outweighs actual fact-finding or addressing endemic issues like gun
violence or mental health support for returning service members. One might wonder if the NYT would ever investigate the $250,000 in campaign donations Trump received from defense contractors like Lockheed Martin in 2020 (OpenSecrets.org), companies that profit handsomely from the very conflicts that create refugees. Or how about the persistent underfunding of veterans' mental health services, a
topic rarely linked to 'national security' by these same candidates. It’s always easier to point fingers at the weakest among us than to confront the powerful interests shaping policy.