Creating Crises has long been a tactic of demagogues like Joseph McCarthy’s famed “Red Scare” of the 1950’s which ruined the lives of thousands of American citizens. Demagoguery, in which public officials claim a false crisis so they can take credit for a solution, has been around since the beginning of western civilization. It’s why both the Greeks and Romans feared pure democracy and required some degree of education to be a a ”citizen” and vote. Trump is a pure demagogue and should be treated with the same contempt and disdain all demagogues eventually receive.