Donald Trump talked very differently about the Capitol strikers

Donald Trump takes on the riots in Los Angeles with great hardness. There and in other US cities, people demonstrate against the government’s migration policy. At the weekend, Trump sent the National Guard to L. A against the will of the California governor Gavin Newsom, and another 700 marines were sent on Monday.

Verbal, the president on the demonstrators’ already drives off serious guns. Together, Trump announced hard measures against demonstrators that would spit police officers or national guards. “If you spit, we will strike and I promise that you will be hit harder than ever before,” he threatened. “This disrespect will not be tolerated.” He instructed his cabinet members to “take all the necessary measures” to stop the “riot”.

Trump likes to profil himself as an iron -hard advocate of law and order. In the case of the protests of Los Angeles, he even excites his powers and demonstrates his power-it was six decades ago that a US president had recently used the national guard against the will of a governor in his state. In other escalations, on the other hand, Trump was much more relaxed, especially with regard to the Capitol Sturm in Washington after his lost election in 2021.

At that time, hundreds of Trump supporters violently penetrated the Capitol when the congress was to confirm Joe Biden’s election as President. Trump had previously fueled the mood among his supporters and spoke of election fraud. The capitals gave access to the meeting room and offices from MPs, rioted in the building and attacked security forces. Four demonstrators and a police officer died, hundreds of people were injured, including 140 police officers. The events of January 6, 2021 entered into the US history as a dark chapter.

Donald Trump, however, played down the riots of Washington from the start. During the storm, he remained silent for a long time, even when the extent was already foreseeable. When he asked the protesters to go home, he showed sympathy: “We love you, you are something very special.”

Trump also refused to take responsibility for his role later. Instead, he repeatedly repeated the untrue claim that the election victory had been stolen. The capitals that were accused and convicted, he described as “political prisoners” and “patriots” who “did nothing wrong”. At the latest during his renewed candidacy for the office, he spread disinformation about the events in Washington and opened openly on the side of the offenders.

During the election campaign, Trump had already announced the pardon of the convicted capitals, immediately after his new move into the White House, he had followed these words. On his first day, as President, he had the release of more than 1,500 Capitol attackers on his first day. Some of them had been sentenced to long prison terms.

In Los Angeles, on the other hand, Trump meets the demonstrator who turns against his politics with all hardness. Critics accuse him of measuring with two levels. “Trump’s behavior makes it clear that he only appreciates the rule of law and the people who enforce them only if it is politically beneficial,” political scientist Brendan Nyhan told the AP. Many of the people on the streets of Los Angeles and other cities are likely to be confirmed in their protest against Trump.