
Fear is one of the three words that have largely become synonymous with the current United States President, the other two being lies and conspiracies. Donald Trump, in his attempt to help fraudster and abuser Andrew Cuomo win the upcoming New York mayoral election, has utilised all three of these tactics. He is using them again as the election date comes closer.
On October 26, Americans woke up to the visuals of ICE members dropping tear gas in select locations unprovoked on multiple social media platforms. While their efforts at ridding America of alleged “illegal aliens” weren’t anything close to moral, these acts were surprising even by ICE standards. Several people on platforms such as X (formerly Twitter) discoursed about the reasons behind this.