I agree with you Audioboxer.
there is no rationalizing terrorism. They have attacked many various countries that are not Donald Trump.
Just because one attacked NYC has nothing to do with the current sitting President.
Terrorists hate Western Society and they hate Western Democracies regardless of who is sitting as head of state.
Fuck terrorists.
I do kind of get what Tarpit is saying, but there are times when a tragedy occurs and it's instantly "well, what did Trump say on Twitter?!". Yes, he's the President and it matters how he publicly represents the country, but there are times when you should be able to do both tasks of feeling a bit embarrassed he's your president, but also not muddying the waters around ISIS/terrorism to think Trump's Twitter account
really matters for them. They claimed the Stephen Paddock massacre. That's like the most insane attempt at propaganda ever. It's just how they operate. Maybe it's because in Europe we see them claim EVERYTHING, and I'm a bit desensitized to seeing "ISIS claim x" each time we have a terrorist incident.
Sometimes when Trump says shit about ISIS, he isn't wrong either. I took part in a topic today with what I feel is a shitty stat of Americans seeing Bush as an ally because he says some shit about Trump. Bush is still a war criminal like Tony Blair is. Ironically, part of what those two men did gave rise to more predominant worldwide terrorism. Completely fucking up things in the Middle East. Sometimes, and I do mean only sometimes, the
Trump game of how do we link Donald Trump to every single thing that goes wrong goes a bit far. Don't revise history and don't play down current reality just because it might give a way to take a potshot at the current not so great President.
Ultimately, I really do hope America doesn't see a rise in terror attacks, and even after saying what I did above, no, I do not think Trump would be the kind of President you'd want in charge if attacks
do happen more frequently. He is unpredictable and volatile, but that happens outwith the fact that ISIS just want bloodshed in the West irrespective of who is in charge of our countries.