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Opinion: To divert attention from his inept pandemic response, Trump has reverted to his 2016 rhetoric. Call him on it.

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This is Donald Trump speaking at the Republican National Conventionfour years ago.

He said, Our Convention occurs at a moment of crisis for our nation. The attacks on our police, and the terrorism in our cities, threaten our very way of life. Any politician who does not grasp this danger is not fit to lead our country.

Americans watching this address tonight have seen the recent images of violence in our streets and the chaos in our communities. Many have witnessed this violence personally, some have even been its victims.

He continued, I have a message for all of you: the crime and violence that today afflicts our nation will soon come to an end. Beginning on January 20th 2017, safety will be restored.

So, what happened?

That sounds exactly like Donald Trump speaking in 2020. What happened to safety being restored beginning January 20th 2017?

Because instead of fixing the problem, Trump appears to have made it worse.

On purpose.

Not long ago, Trump said, Im the only thing standing between the American dream and total anarchy, madness and chaos.

Really?

If thats true, after four years in office, it's an admission of failure.

Unless, of course, all that talk about madness and chaos isnothing but campaign rhetoric meant to divert attention from Trumps bungled pandemic policy that has seen six million Americans infected and more than 180,000 killed.

And counting.

Trump has no interest in calming any of the recent civic unrest. Hes not trying to prevent madness and chaos. Hes trying to create it. He believes he needs it to win the election. He is, as Rolling Stone called him recently, the no lives matter president.

Trump wants trouble. He wants chaos. Anything to change the subject from his failed pandemic response.

Its why he does things like retweet images and make statements thatessentially to applaud his supporters for shooting paintballs and pepper spray at demonstrators in Portland.

He's willing to putlives in danger.

Trump has a new ad campaign purporting to show what Joe Bidens America will look like. What the ads dont say, of course, is that all of images are taken from demonstrations happening in Donald Trumps America. The hate speech, the support for white supremacists, the violent rhetoric, they are on Trump.

He wants to scare you into voting for him.

Its the exact same campaign he ran four years ago, and since some of you fell for it hes trying it again.

But this time Trump is the one with the record. Hes had four yearsin office. You dont have to imagine Trumps America. Were living it. And if you compare what Trump said in 2016 to what hes saying now you can draw only one of two conclusions.

Either he failed. Or hes lying.

Reach Montini at ed.montini@arizonarepublic.com.

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