is an associate editor for The Wall
Street Journal and a Fox News
contributor and John the president has
officially labeled an tyfa domestic
terrorist and Attorney General William
barge is now issuing a statement
expounding on the president's sentiments
so is president Trump's messaging
hitting the right tone or is it
disjointed well I think you're seeing a
lot of politics being played at this
point with scant evidence to support it
the president is blaming somebody else
for this problem he's blaming the left
which is a popular target of the
president he's provided no evidence of
that mind you though politics are being
played on the other side as well
the Democratic governor of Minnesota is
blaming the right saying that white
separatists are in the groups they are
fomenting violence he too has not
provided any evidence of that though
there seems to be some kind of
indication that yes right-wing groups
have played a role where the president
where the president or the Republican
president and the Democratic governor
agree is that 80 percent or some vast
majority of the the looters and the
rioters are coming from out of since our
trouble makers are coming from out of
state when in fact they're both wrong
The Associated Press tallied up the
arrests that had been made through
Saturday morning and found that the vast
majority of people who have been
arrested for looting and rioting are
from in Minnesota so I would just
caution everybody to wait for the facts
to come out to discount the president
again blaming the left and the and the
Democrats blaming the right you know
they're always art they'll they're
always good to people who show up for a
bar fight right whether or not they know
what the issue is or care about the
issue there are people who are violent
and they will take an opportunity to
participate if they see an opportunity
there and they'll be looting and that's
what the National Guard and the police
have got to separate away from the the
peaceful protests but this is not a new
problem in the United States we've seen
this happen before and you know that all
president Trump had already tweeted
quote
Antti fuh and the radical left don't lay
the blame on others so is it fair to ask
john bussy is President Trump
bass baiting I think you've seen this
before from the president he has a
tendency to jump the gun on blaming
other groups for problems that are much
trickier to handle that require a lot of
leadership we're not seeing a great deal
of that right now it's kind of a
president going to watch a rocket launch
in Florida as opposed to perhaps going
to Minnesota and to talking to activists
they're talking to the governor they're
talking to you people there so this is
not uncommon you saw also a similar
problem emerge from the Charlottesville
demonstrations in 2017 where there were
right-wingers there and the president
was kind of loath to really blame the
white supremacist who participated in
that activity there so I would just
caution everyone to try to step away
from the politics the president has
unfortunately has a credibility problem
already on a number of issues a lot of
falsehoods that come out of the white
house but you're seeing some similar
reactions on the Democratic side as well
I think that in moments of turmoil like
this best to step back and wait for the
facts to come out this notion that the
country is in chaos the country is not
in chaos there are there are riots in a
number of cities across the United
States but if most people look out their
window they'll see that the country is
operating normally the trick now is to
quell the problem not in flame it some
of the language coming out of the White
House I think you could argue has
inflamed at this notion of kind of well
we're gonna start shooting the looters
and also the president encouraging his
supporters to come out for a counter
demonstration outside of the White House
tonight it's probably not a great idea I
think the trick is to get people off the
streets get them home give people a
chance to digest what's happened and
metabolize the tragedy of George Floyd's
death John bussy I have to leave it
there I appreciate your time and your
reporting Wall Street Journal associate
editor thank you so much John for coming
on with