Conspiracy theory

I do like a good conspiracy theory. I have a new one. It is about the USA Miami bomb maker. Cesar Sayoc appears to have been a loser of low intellect who attacked his granny, was thrown out of their house by his parents, and was living in a white van plastered with Trump posters. Yet somehow, he assembled the components for more than a dozen pipe bombs without attracting attention, discovered the names and addresses of leading critics of Trump, and mailed them to their targets without arousing any suspicion.

Surely this guy must have had vital support at every phase by someone as yet unknown. But not one of the bombs exploded, and the suspect left a fingerprint that drew the FBI to him within a day. Of note was Trump's initial comment on the situation, asserting that the media was in part to blame for the attempted attacks, and that their false news had turned the opinion polls against the republicans before the forthcoming mid-term elections.

A good conspiracy theory needs good suspects, and there is certainly no shortage of these. Let's see - who would want to damage Trump's presidency?

1. All the Democrats
2. The FBI
3. Half the electorate
4. Feminists
5. Every LGBTI person who every attended a pride parade
6. Many Republicans
7. All the ex-presidents he has slimed 
8. Ex-candidate Hilary Clinton
9. The whole of the liberal press
10. All the people he has sacked during his presidency
11. Trump himself

I am not American, and it is impolite for an Englishman to criticize the leader of another state (usually we're too busy criticizing our own government). But Trump does give the impression that the consequences of his words are not always considered with great depth. It is just possible that he might have thought verbal attacks on his critics were insufficiently effective. I can imagine him thinking, "Heck, I keep telling everyone what creeps these guys are, but they keep on telling their lies about me. It's time for real action!" He might then order that they be silenced by direct action? Possibly it was only the clandestine intervention of someone with any common sense in this plot that ensured the bombs were harmless, thus saving many lives. But perhaps the team he sent were as incompetent as he is, and that too was another cock-up? This conspiracy theory can run and run.