Ahmad Khan Rahimi didn’t plant these bombs because he was a “New Jersey man.” New Jersey is, as far as I know, not at war with New York City, and in any case he left bombs in New Jersey itself as well. He left these bombs because he is a Muslim who, as even the Times admits, was “drawn to online calls to jihad.” But the New York Times would rather endorse Donald Trump for reelection than identify him in accord with the motivating ideology that led him to do this in the first place.

Are authorities sure that Rahimi found calls to jihad only online? Have they investigated his local mosque? If not, why not?

“New Jersey Man Found Guilty in Chelsea Bombing,” by Michael Wilson, New York Times, October 16, 2017: