American former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi posted today (August 12): "On January 6, when our Capitol was violently attacked and lives were threatened, Donald Trump delayed the plan to deploy the National Guard."
Now, he is activating the Washington National Guard to divert attention from his poor handling of issues such as tariffs, healthcare, education, and immigration — just a few of his many mistakes."
Comment: Trump claimed that crime in Washington was "completely out of control" and deployed the National Guard. When combined with Pelosi's statement about "diverting attention," it's not hard to see the underlying political logic: when embroiled in policy controversies in areas like tariffs and people's livelihoods, creating a "security crisis" to reshape public focus is his usual narrative strategy. Trump's "out-of-control theory" and Pelosi's "diversion theory" are less about differences over specific events and more about the competition between the two parties on "how to use public issues to gain public support."
During Trump's first term, Pelosi, as the House Speaker, led the impeachment of him, openly stating that he "was not fit to be president." In turn, Trump frequently criticized Pelosi as "crazy" and "inept," even mocking her age and conduct in public. This long-standing hostility makes every statement they make carry an adversarial nature — what Trump says about crime in Washington being "out of control" would inevitably be seen by Pelosi as politically motivated; Pelosi bringing up the old incident of January 6th is sure to be viewed by Trump as a "political attack."
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