It still seems less obvious to me that Trump is a direct cause of his shooting like the mail bomber. Strick, can you help me see the linkage in a reasoned way? I am sincerely asking and you know I fucking hate Trump as much as anybody.
I totally get that something about the Trump presidency has emboldened white supremacists generally and if this guy had gone to a Spanish mass at a Catholic Church, the direct lines from Trump's words to his actions would be clear. I don't think I'm being intentionally obtuse, it just seems like, at best, an indirect influence from the presidency on down. President has an Anti immigrant campaign and policies -> president and his supporters sling racist dog whistles repeatedly -> white supremicists start to like this guy -> white supremacy isn't all that taboo anymore -> guy shoots up a synagogue. The mail bomber case is President says Democrats and CNN are evil -> guy sends them a bomb in the mail.