Trump may be 'setting himself up for failure' with his latest round of attacks: analysis

President-elect Donald Trump this week falsely blamed the horrific New Year's Eve vehicular attack in New Orleans on undocumented immigrants despite the fact that the alleged assailant was an American citizen.

In a news analysis published by NBC News, journalists Peter Nicholas, Gabe Gutierrez, and Matt Dixon make the case that Trump "may be setting himself up for failure" by trying to blame President Joe Biden for the incident.

"Having held President Joe Biden to that standard, Trump is now at risk of having his withering verdict flung back at him should a comparable attack happen on his watch, which starts in just 17 days when he takes the oath of office," they write.

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The authors go on to explain that "mass killings have grown sadly commonplace in the United States, spanning Republican and Democratic administrations alike," and thus "Trump’s denunciation of Biden could boomerang if there are copycat crimes or similar tragedies when he’s back in the White House and Biden is no longer around to blame."

Bruce Riedel, a former CIA officer, tells NBC News that committing horrific acts of violence in the United States is incredibly easy to do so long as the perpetrator has the will to do do.

"The unfortunate reality of America is that violence like this is kind of the norm," he explained. "It would be surprising if you had a holiday without some horrific mass casualty event."