Why was Trump's response to the FBI foiling a domestic terror plot against Gov. Whitmer so limp? Why was it largely itself an attack on the governor & not the terrorists? Why did it compound his prior efforts to inflame the terrorists? Because he sees the terrorists as allies.
After nearly four years of Trump, one thing we know for sure is that this president supports right wing extremists and sees them as an essential part of his base--an especially important part he can wield as a threat against his opponents.
No major American political leader has done more than Donald Trump to support, inspire and seek to legitimize right wing extremists since now discredited, racist Woodrow Wilson celebrate the KKK in his "A History of the American People."
The Michigan terrorists have now, unsurprisingly, been revealed to be Trump supporters. The pattern from Charlottesville to today is clear. Our president, like other demagogues of the right throughout history, sees violent racism and nationalist as a foundation of his power.
To help reverse this problem we must not only track down & prosecute the extremists, we must remove their leader from office. Defeating Trump will be a major step toward reducing the threat of right wing extremism in the US--but the work must continue after he is gone as well.
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