[NicholasGurr]

A lot of the contradictory nonsense was simply a result of the election year. As such, cynical people in power were aware they could make recommendations that would be unhelpful to the incumbent president’s re-election. Low economic activity AND civil unrest were both great factors for getting Trump out.

[g-b-r]

There was even more contradictory nonsense outside the US, in countries without elections in sight