provoker

Together, they have created an alternate reality, recasting the Western bloc of allies as provokers, blunderers and liars, which has bolstered Putin.

Whatever the case, fear has been both a great motivator and an anxiety provoker when it comes to the media, whether in 1938 or today.

Whether proof of hate or provoker of fury, it reigns as the most powerful political symbol in America.

Not because he is a national uniter, as other presidents have tried to be at such moments, but because he is a divider and a provoker.

“This evening is a conversation provoker, and that’s what this year has been about,” said Yeomans, who flew in for the affair from London.