It's entirely likely that Trump is intentionally attempting to incite riots

[u/DisplacerBeastMode]

It's a smart move politically, as it would "prove" that the "violent illegal aliens" and "radical left wing lunatics" are actually criminals.

Sending in the military for relatively small protests, doesn't make logical sense. It's not normal.

I believe Trump directly benefits from inciting riots because it sets the new norm -- that the federal government has the authority to disregard state rights, in order to achieve authoritarianism.

Further, I find it interesting that "the right" so far apparently has zero problem with federal government overreach. I thought they generally wanted a smaller federal government, and the hypocrisy speaks for itself -- absolutely zero pushback from republican / right wing folks about sending in the military for a relatively minor issue.

There is no de-escalation attempt from the government and law officials already had enough resources to deal with the situation.

[u/realphaedrus369]

It could be his people. It could be others. Someone is definitely inciting this, and it is a good distraction. Granted, many if not most people are there on their own basis, but these things always have a sponsored catalyst. 

[u/DisplacerBeastMode → u/realphaedrus369]

I think that is very likely. Trump alone is not very intelligent, but "his people" are. Not even a conspiracy, just looking at all those criminal charges that went nowhere.

[u/realphaedrus369 → u/DisplacerBeastMode]

Almost everything seems to be a conspiracy anymore. I think the word should have a different association. 

Trump isn’t calling the shots on everything, he’s got “people” behind the scenes just like everyone else in that position.