sabotage

It was an attempt to chum the waters, demonstrate Trumpian vulnerability and sabotage the incoming administration before it even took office.

Last week, Jordan's General Intelligence Department said it had arrested 16 people suspected of planning attacks aimed at "targeting national security, sowing chaos and sabotage".

“Psychological research has shown us that panic amplifies helplessness and sabotages rational thought,” Michael Valdez, an expert in neurology and addictive behaviors, told Salon.

"This threat is asserted and not proven, and these companies are profit-driven so it is not in their interests to sabotage our infrastructure," said Prof Giles Mohan of the Open University.

"It might not be sabotage, it might be neglect," Reynolds said of the company's actions.