by Pa Rock
Citizen Journalist
Donald Trump is in full-throttle re-election mode, and his one clear strategy on display so far is to rile up his angry white base. It is an ugly and dangerous way to campaign, but Trump is at his absolute peak as a politician when he is attacking people of color and denigrating those whom he sees as being less than true Americans because of their skin colors and ethnic backgrounds. Donald Trump's America is white, and his most ardent supporters with their red MAGA caps, tattoos, low-to-average IQ's, and beer bellies are also white. They are the master race, and Trump is their master.
And God figures in there somewhere, too - but HE is a wrathful white God with no tolerance for helping - or even recognizing - the world's less fortunate people or anyone who differs significantly from the master race.
Donald Trump has divided us by race. He has intentionally and maliciously broken a social contract that has taken more than a century to assemble, and he is carting off what he considers to be the biggest piece of a society that he intentionally busted - the chunk of angry white voters. They aren't a majority, but in a diverse and fractured society, that rabid base of pissed-off white crackers can swing an election. Steve Bannon explained it to him several years ago, and Donald Trump listened.
(Coincidentally, earlier this week William Weld, the former Republican governor of Massachusetts, described Donald Trump as an "unhinged racist" and warned that Trump was going down and would take the Republican Party with him. One can only hope!)
Now Democrats have to put together a coalition of people with energy and direction who can turn the tables on Trump and pull our country back out of the dystopian nightmare that the Trump administration has foisted upon us. It will take wisdom, energy, and a cohesiveness that Democrats have traditionally found to be elusive. But we'll see . . .
Back to my thesis: Trump is already campaigning, and his message is all-out racist. After spending the past few weeks attacking four congresswomen of color as being less than true Americans - and making them targets for every gun-toting white supremacist in the country, yesterday Trump turned his verbal fire on Representative Elijah Cummings of Maryland, a black man and senior member of Congress whose district includes part of the fine city of Baltimore. Cummings is one of many Democrats Congress who have been critical of Trump's border policies and the family concentration camps set up by the Trump administration along the border.
Trump exploded on Twitter:
And while all of that may sound a bit harsh to delicate ears, that is the way Trump talks. Everything, EVERYTHING is inferior to the world that he has established for himself. Brown and black people are "animals" and they originate in "shithole" countries. Representative Cummings is, in Trump's view, a "brutal bully" who shouts and screams at the fine people who patrol the border. And then he went on to belittle the district that Cummings represents calling it rat-and-rodent-infested, a "filthy place," and one of the worst run and most dangerous anywhere in the United States.
(That's mighty heavy criticism coming from an actual bully who lives in Washington, DC, and in a house and office complex that has been described within just the past few days as being overrun with cockroaches - many of whom do not use spray-on hair or tanning beds!)
But Elijah Cummings is black, and while he may not be from a shithole country, Trump wants his faithful Klansmen to know that Cummings does represent a shithole district.
It's only July of 2019, but Donald John Trump is in full campaign mode - and the stench of racism and bigotry is already at dangerously high levels. Things can only go downhill from here.
Citizen Journalist
Donald Trump is in full-throttle re-election mode, and his one clear strategy on display so far is to rile up his angry white base. It is an ugly and dangerous way to campaign, but Trump is at his absolute peak as a politician when he is attacking people of color and denigrating those whom he sees as being less than true Americans because of their skin colors and ethnic backgrounds. Donald Trump's America is white, and his most ardent supporters with their red MAGA caps, tattoos, low-to-average IQ's, and beer bellies are also white. They are the master race, and Trump is their master.
And God figures in there somewhere, too - but HE is a wrathful white God with no tolerance for helping - or even recognizing - the world's less fortunate people or anyone who differs significantly from the master race.
Donald Trump has divided us by race. He has intentionally and maliciously broken a social contract that has taken more than a century to assemble, and he is carting off what he considers to be the biggest piece of a society that he intentionally busted - the chunk of angry white voters. They aren't a majority, but in a diverse and fractured society, that rabid base of pissed-off white crackers can swing an election. Steve Bannon explained it to him several years ago, and Donald Trump listened.
(Coincidentally, earlier this week William Weld, the former Republican governor of Massachusetts, described Donald Trump as an "unhinged racist" and warned that Trump was going down and would take the Republican Party with him. One can only hope!)
Now Democrats have to put together a coalition of people with energy and direction who can turn the tables on Trump and pull our country back out of the dystopian nightmare that the Trump administration has foisted upon us. It will take wisdom, energy, and a cohesiveness that Democrats have traditionally found to be elusive. But we'll see . . .
Back to my thesis: Trump is already campaigning, and his message is all-out racist. After spending the past few weeks attacking four congresswomen of color as being less than true Americans - and making them targets for every gun-toting white supremacist in the country, yesterday Trump turned his verbal fire on Representative Elijah Cummings of Maryland, a black man and senior member of Congress whose district includes part of the fine city of Baltimore. Cummings is one of many Democrats Congress who have been critical of Trump's border policies and the family concentration camps set up by the Trump administration along the border.
Trump exploded on Twitter:
"Rep. Elijah Cummings has been a brutal bully, shouting and screaming at the great men & women of Border Patrol about conditions at the Southern Border, when actually his Baltimore district is FAR WORSE and more dangerous. His district is considered the Worst in the USA.
"As proven last week during a Congressional tour, the border is clean, efficient & well run, just very crowded. Cumming (sic) district is a disgusting, rat- and rodent-infested mess. If he spent more time in Baltimore, maybe he could help clean up this very dangerous & filthy place.
"Why is so much money sent to the Elijah Cummings' district when it is considered the worst run and most dangerous anywhere in the United States? No human being would want to live there. Where is all this money going? How much is stolen? Investigate this corrupt mess immediately!"
And while all of that may sound a bit harsh to delicate ears, that is the way Trump talks. Everything, EVERYTHING is inferior to the world that he has established for himself. Brown and black people are "animals" and they originate in "shithole" countries. Representative Cummings is, in Trump's view, a "brutal bully" who shouts and screams at the fine people who patrol the border. And then he went on to belittle the district that Cummings represents calling it rat-and-rodent-infested, a "filthy place," and one of the worst run and most dangerous anywhere in the United States.
(That's mighty heavy criticism coming from an actual bully who lives in Washington, DC, and in a house and office complex that has been described within just the past few days as being overrun with cockroaches - many of whom do not use spray-on hair or tanning beds!)
But Elijah Cummings is black, and while he may not be from a shithole country, Trump wants his faithful Klansmen to know that Cummings does represent a shithole district.
It's only July of 2019, but Donald John Trump is in full campaign mode - and the stench of racism and bigotry is already at dangerously high levels. Things can only go downhill from here.
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