How Trump’s Insurrection Threat Is Backfiring: Wolff
The Daily Beast • • nation
Key Points:
- Michael Wolff, Donald Trump's biographer, criticized the president's repeated threats to invoke the Insurrection Act, calling the idea preposterous and stating there is no real insurrection occurring.
- Wolff suggested Trump uses the Insurrection Act threats more for drama, conflict, and distraction rather than understanding the serious implications of deploying the military domestically.
- The author believes Trump aims to shift public attention away from controversial issues, such as the killing of Good, by escalating conflict and headlines around the Insurrection Act.
- Wolff expressed hope that someone in the White House is seriously considering the consequences of invoking the Act, contrasting this with Trump's focus on spectacle.
- The White House strongly rejected Wolff's claims, with Communications
