One man remarked "I grew up in a war zone and have never seen anything like it" about the destruction.

The author is having a hard time reconciling their dislike of Trump with the realities presented in front of them.

And the demographics of those cities with the riors are

"And coupled with a worsening pandemic, along with the daily antics of Donald Trump...[snip]"

How about the daily antics of Obama who hasn't been president for fucking years? Let the cities fester and rot until Democrats have zero power whatsoever. There's absolutely no point in rebuilding when they'll simply tear it apart again when the cops get off next year.

Was anybody else annoyed in Justice League the fat bald white guy with a shirt that said “Magabeast” was smashing up the Arab owned store?

Well in real life the anti-maga people did it.