Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) is accusing President Trump of seeking to start a civil war.

The California Democrat, a long-time adversary of Trump, said the early flood of presidential policies — the disruptive tariffs, mass firings of federal employees and empowerment of Elon Musk to gut the government and the services it provides — may appear haphazard on their surface. But there’s a unifying theory behind them, she said: Trump wants to incite violence.

“This president is putting us in a position where hungry people are going to be on the street. Where nonprofits, who were waiting for their checks, are not gonna get them. Where seniors waiting for their Social Security check, will not get it. Where poor families with children will not get what they believe the government has agreed to do,”........

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