It’s provocation to generate anti- BLM propaganda and so Trump can frighten his supposed “silent majority” to the polls to vote for him.
He really wants this to be “1968”. Going national is unwarranted and would be an armed occupation.
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Agree, totally unwarranted.
Your hypothesis is scary, he and his buddies are playing w/fire , willing to generate chaos. But, they are incapable of controlling anything, let alone chaos.