JimLur, the article is faulty for a number of reasons.
One, Carter's actions were taken during the Iran hostage situation as a result of public pressure, and to be seen to be doing something to put pressure on the Iranian students to release the hostages. Trump's call was simply political opportunism targeting irrational fear, as the first mention was made after the San Bernardino shooting of Dec. 2015, and the second after the Orlando shooting June 2016. There was no comparable public pressure on Trump to make his call, but simply his penchant for preying on paranoiac fear in his base.
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