Trump is grooming his base for 'maximum violence' this year: columnist

Donald Trump's recent outrage at the campus demonstrations over the war in Gaza is less of an expression of support for Israel than it is in handing his hardcore MAGA a justification to riot if he loses the 2024 presidential election.

In her column for Salon, political observer Amanda Marcotte maintains that the former president is "laying the groundwork" for a new wave of violence that will allow his more violent supporters to point to the slap-on-the-wrist treatment of the student protesters if called to account.