The American society welcomed the New Year with sad news due to serious acts of violence that have so far left 16 dead and many injured

by Guillermo Alvarado

The American society welcomed the New Year with sad news due to serious acts of violence that have so far left 16 dead and many injured, while a feeling of insecurity and fear is growing in this country falsely called the land of opportunity.

In the early hours of January 1, a truck rammed into a crowd celebrating the date in the French Quarter of the city of New Orleans, initially killing 10 people, although five more died later from the severity of their injuries.

In addition, in the city of Las Vegas, a Tesla Cybertruck vehicle, manufactured by the company of Donald Trump's new close friend, entrepreneur Elon Musk, exploded right in front of the entrance to a hotel owned by the future president of the northern power.

Of course, Trump immediately took the opportunity to lash out against migration, in the same tone he used during his campaign to reach the White House again.

Criminals coming from abroad are worse than Americans, said the real estate magnate.

Contrary to the opinion of the president, both Shamsud-Din Bahar Jabbar, the perpetrator of the attack in New Orleans, and Matthew Livelsberger, responsible for what happened in Las Vegas, are Americans by birth and, incidentally, both served in the Army.

But that was not all, because on the night of January 1, a group of individuals fired indiscriminately into a crowd outside a private event club in New York.

As a result, 10 people were wounded, six women and four men, none of them life-threatening, according to local police.

The authorities ruled out any connection between these serious incidents, but the symptoms of unstoppable violence are clear, and it remains to be seen to what extent the hate speeches that Trump likes to utter at every moment are influencing this unbreathable atmosphere.

He who sows the wind shall reap the whirlwind, says popular wisdom, and the president-elect of the greatest military power on the planet has an irascible character on the one hand, and uses a visceral to thoughtless language on the other that provokes violent reactions from people.

No one knows yet how many of the threats he has made in these times he will be able to carry out now he is in the White House, but it is a fact that he is generating hatred and fear, two very dangerous emotions.