All the protesters have to do to win is to observe the curfew and go home. The officer is under arrest. Trump is defeated and in hiding. The governors are appalled at him. But every day this goes on is a day that potentially breaks in Trump’s favor. /1

Trump is desperately hoping that the protests will get worse and that the situation will rise to meet the rhetoric he’s trying to apply to it. Every night that goes on that the protesters continue violence and looting works in his favor. /2

— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) June 1, 2020

Provocateurs know this, too. They will continue to try to blend in with the legitimate protesters. I hope that the protesters listen to mayors like Mayor Bottoms of Atlanta. What happens next is in their control, not Trump’s. /3x

— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) June 1, 2020