Ask any sociologist, historian, or psychologist whether speaking about violence tends to engender violence in turn, and all of them, every last one, will reply that, yes, it does.  The lengthy and sordid history of human brokenness and disfigurement testifies to this amply.
     When the president of the United States encourages violence against those who oppose him, when he labels mainstream media the enemy of the people, when he lauds people who beat up people with whom they disagree, well, it should come as no surprise that a rash of mail bombs have been sent to those who have spoken openly about their disagreements with the president.  As a ruler goes, for better or worse, so goes the country.
     For a few minutes, the president called for unity.  Immediately afterward, he resumed his attacks on the news media and anyone else (read Democrats) who dared take issue with him or his policies.  Is not this the definition of hypocrisy?  Does the president not see what his heated and vitriolic rhetoric is doing to the country?
     "But they lie in wait for their own blood, they ambush their own lives [souls].  So are the ways of everyone who gains by violence, it takes away the life [soul] of its possessors" (Proverbs 1:18-19).  And, "If a ruler pays attention to falsehood, all his ministers become wicked" (Proverbs 29:12).
     It's positively frightening.