> Last week he makes a very divisive speech, with language like "I will stand here in the breach to fight this battle" -- is he throwing down fighting words to

> Last week he makes a very divisive speech, with language like "I will stand here in the breach to fight this battle" -- is he throwing down fighting words to incite people? After Congress was attacked to try to overturn an election, I think "battle" isn't the wrong word. > Last week he makes a very divisive speech It divides people who want to overturn elections from those who don't, I guess. That doesn't seem like a bad thing. Call it whataboutism, but his predecessor's speeches were much more divisive, and for worse reasons. Here's a quote from him before the capitol attack [1]: > “Republicans are constantly fighting like a boxer with his hands tied behind his back. It’s like a boxer. And we want to be so nice. We want to be so respectful of everybody, including bad people. And we’re going to have to fight much harder. … > “We’re going to walk down to the Capitol, and we’re going to cheer on our brave senators and congressmen and women, and we’re probably not going to be cheering so much for some of them, because you’ll never take back our country with weakness. You have to show strength, and you have to be strong.” To summarise: Fight, but don't be violent. Go to the capitol, cheer, but actually don't, and definitely don't be weak. We're getting hit and we're so nice [nothing else said, but that's definitely implied to be a bad thing]. I wouldn't do it differently if I wanted to incite violence while keeping a way of pretending I didn't in court. [1] https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/10/us/trump-speech-riot.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/10/us/trump-speech-riot.html