When political rhetoric and violence collide

Despite evidence that the recent bomb attacks in the US were carried out by a fanatical Trump supporter, the US president continues to blame Democrats and the media

Donald Trump attends a rally
The van belonging to Cesar Sayoc who is accused of sending pipe bombs to prominent critics of the American president

It’s an ill wind and all that. Fortunately for US president Donald Trump, the blanket news coverage garnered by 13 attempted pipe bomb attacks on 11 prominent Democrats and Democrat supporters, displaced the ongoing revelations about the torture and murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi as the lead story on US cable news and ...