where I thing Trump is wrong in his assessment is that 9/11 was an attack on America in a time where terrorism on American soil was thought to be almost unthinkable. Yes, there was the OKC bombing and the 1st WTC attack, but 2 attacks in a decade that had been largely forgotten. 9/11 was on another scale, a scale that changed the way people thought and saw the world. I was in college at the time and i remember talking about this in a class and a RW nutjob said if they did this again we should "nuke em". People literally lost their minds out of fear and anger. I contend that whoever was in power then would've benefited from the public rallying around the WH. The GOP was just "lucky" they were in power cause then they had the bully pulpit of being able to argue that the way they were responding was the best way.
All of that to say this, its been 17 years since. Kids are graduating high school that were barely alive when 9/11 happened. I feel like Americans have become numbed by all the terrorism and wars of the past 2 decades that if something did happen, I dont see a similar rallying around the President that Bush got. We've seen that story before. We're polarized enough that I think it might help some, its hard to say. But I just dont see the dramatic shift in thinking towards trump happening like it did w/ Bush. Also, I dont see any terror networks being able to pull off another 9/11. Lone wolf attacks are now the terrorist playbook, and those dont move the needle at all in public sentiment.
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