Donald Trump reportedly dropped his plan to deploy federal troops to the San Francisco Bay Area, a plan that, according to insiders, was less about security and more about stagecraft. The show must go on, but apparently, even the showrunner realized the optics were off.
The idea was simple: send troops into liberal territory to “restore order” whatever that means this week and watch the headlines explode. But someone must have whispered the truth: when democracy starts sending soldiers to its own cities, the script’s already gone off the rails.
Trump’s team blamed “logistical concerns.” Of course they did. It’s never about principle – it’s about camera angles. The threat of troops becomes the message itself, a kind of political theater where fear is the lighting design and outrage the soundtrack.
America has turned “law and order” into a brand – trademark pending. Every crisis is a campaign ad, every show of force another press release. And just when it all starts to look too dystopian to be real, the government calls “cut” and resets the stage.
Because in this version of democracy, the performance is the policy.
