Trump has been an extremely up-front white nationalist for his entire political career, a point upon which most people seem very interested in remaining confused no matter how clearly he says it, but the Henry Ford comments certainly serve as the most recent reminder.
When I say he's been a white nationalist, I mean that he's said exactly the things white nationalists say, out loud, in public, repeatedly, and he's pursued their policy objectives, and he's hired them as senior advisors, and used their slogans, and they endorse him and love him.
When I say he's a white nationalist, I mean that he has been very deliberately and consistently and vigorously pursuing a white ethnostate, and targeting already-marginalized religious and ethnic minorities for harassment and terror and harm and death.
When I say he's a white nationalist, I mean that he's praised white supremacists, and nationalism.
Not knowing that Donald Trump is a white nationalist requires a willful effort, revealing a deeper desire to not know.
Not knowing that Donald Trump is a white nationalist requires a willful effort, revealing a deeper desire to not know.
Just to restate it bluntly: Donald Trump says exactly the things white supremacists say, using the same words, and he pursues the policies they want pursued.
If he isn't a white supremacist, the term has no meaning.
If he isn't a white supremacist, the term has no meaning.
Q. What's the difference between someone who says what a white supremacist says, and a white supremacist?
I'll answer with a question.
A. What's the difference between someone who supports a supremacist for their supremacy, and somebody who does so for some other reason?
I'll answer with a question.
A. What's the difference between someone who supports a supremacist for their supremacy, and somebody who does so for some other reason?
