With Trump’s military on Los Angeles streets, Tom Cotton’s got his wish | Protests

Republican Senator Tom Cotton ought to be a happy MAGA-camper these days.

The rebar-right American lawmaker took a controversial turn as a writer in 2020, publishing a provocative opinion piece in The New York Times that caused quite the stir.

Cotton’s column came to mind because it seems that US President Donald Trump may not only have read the missive, but snipped it out of the newspaper for safekeeping and future inspiration.

At the time, America was roiled by demonstrations in the raw…