I'm sure Trump calculated the retaliatory anger federal troops would provoke in Portland and Seattle.
You're absolutely right that it is a political stunt now celebrating the the anticipated destruction his gestapo-like troops have caused. Imagine, unidentified, masked and camouflaged individuals whisking a person off the street, depositing them in probably a rental van and taking off.
Where'd they go? What did they do with the man?
Trump profits or does he, does the American public recognize the behavior of a psychopath?
