He’s Getting Worse
Trump is turning the American presidency into a platform for the wholesale demonization of minorities.
by Jeffrey Goldberg
Aug 05, 2019
3 minutes
The current, and (to date) most debased, phase of the Trump presidency—the phase that includes the unceasing demonization of minority legislators and the endorsement of North Korean communism—began, in retrospect, on May 8, in the Florida Panhandle, at a rally in Panama City. It was there that Donald Trump gave tacit approval to the use of violence against immigrants.
The Panama City rally was not particularly remarkable, as Trump rallies go. His message was typically soulless. He tried to provoke feelings of deep insecurity among his
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