Thread by @HMAesq

I've called Trump a white nationalist. I think he is one, because he lives, breathes, and feeds off of white nationalist ideology. Whether he personally believes in the tenets of white nationalism doesn't define his white nationalism.

But what do WN purists believe?

Many of them hate Trump. The #Pittsburgh terror suspect apparently did - boasting that he'd never worn or even touched a #MAGA hat.

But surely they are happy with Trump's rhetoric? So what is it, do they love him or not?

The hatred of Trump is because Jared Kushner is Jewish.

You see, many WN's see Jews as *the* root cause of what they believe is "white genocide."

Everyone else: Muslims, Latinos, other immigrants, black people - are seen as instrumentalities of the Jewish "conspiracy" to wipe out the "White race."

Here's some pure WN thought:

Whether Trump is a white nationalist is the subject of rather robust debate amongst these extremists.

Do they compromise and accept Trump as a "baby step" in the "right" direction, or stand true to their "principles" and hold out for someone like David Duke?

The bottom line is that Trump is too leftist for pure white nationalists. Please let that sink in.

They can't forgive him allowing Jewish blood into his family. But when you understand they define themselves in terms of perceived racial purity, it makes more sense.

John Tanton, the founder of @FAIRImmigration, was such a pure white nationalist. His groups - the Tanton Hate Networks - are informing US immigration policy. This is why I'm suing to unseal his papers from the University of Michigan.

thedailybeast.com/why-is-univers…

We need to understand how pervasive this ideology is, and understand it (disgusting as it may be) or else we won't know how to excise it from our society.

There is no white genocide.
There is no embattled white minority.

There is, however, a push to normalize white nationalism.