The Obama administration's response to the most recent bombings in New York City and New Jersey almost seemed like a caricature of Trump's critique of our current "war on terror." After hours of the press freaking out about Trump immediately calling the New York explosion a "bomb" — which it was — White House spokesperson Josh Earnest told the nation, with a presumably straight face, that when it came to the Islamic State, we are "in a narrative fight with them, a narrative battle." This likely came as a big surprise to Islamic State supporters, most of whom are likely not English majors, are quite comfortable with their own narrative, and seem to prefer to fight with guns, knives and bombs.