No, it wasn't political at all until there was posting of political commentary in links to outside videos. Giant red flag, not a "trigger." It was.going along fine up to that point. (I think it was obvious in that thread where it was headed, thus comments about the situation reminded them of a current political figure, or they couldn't really say what they wanted to say because it was political).
I don't have any triggers on here other then the terms of service, rules, etc. of the Forum.