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Trump called the countries of origin of the members of the Squad, all nonwhite women, "crime-infested." Putting aside that 3 of the 4 members of the Squad were born in the US, isn't it interesting that whenever Trump talks about people of color, "crime" and "infestation" come up.
1/ Go on any white supremacist/neo-Nazi site and you'll see the same tropes Trump now plays with and the Nazis used re: Jews in the middle of last century: the hated minority (then Jews, now, for Trump, all non-whites) are a dangerous blight rightly associated with "infestation."
2/ Trump is dog-whistling to racists, once again, on Twitter. Does he think he can appeal to Republicans or independents in Cummings' majority-black district to vote against him in 2020 by calling their district "rat-infested"? Of course not. He's talking to racial/ethnic bigots.
3/ In Trump's view, nonwhites come from "crime-infested" "shitholes" abroad and "rat-infested" dens of iniquity at home, and that's exactly the view of racists and neo-Nazis in the US and elsewhere as they argue—like some Trump allies—for the superiority of white Western culture.
