DEMS/MEDIA/TERRORISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump decried the threat of political violence and called on the media to end its ‘hostility’ on Wednesday [10-24-18], hours after authorities intercepted bombs sent to a news network and prominent Democrats who have been the targets of some of his sharpest barbs. Trump’s pleas for harmony came as law enforcement officials scrambled to find the perpetrator of the thwarted bomb attacks against former President Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, CNN and others. The scripted message was a dissonant one for the president, who has repeatedly blasted his political opponents as criminals and argued that they will destroy the country if they win control of Congress in the midterms…Law enforcement authorities have ascribed no motive to the crime. Still, it has prompted immediate debate over whether increasingly personal and hard-edged rhetoric has contributed to a potentially dangerous political climate. Trump critics have blamed him for the tone. The president did not take any responsibility.”
–The Associated Press,”Trump Decries Violence but Calls on Media to End ‘Hostility’,” The New York Times online, October 24, 2018