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The sub-text for MAGA is MAWA.
We all know about Trump's slogan. Make America Great Again.
Implicit in the slogan is that America is not now great, but it can be.
But under the MAGA slogan is MAWA. make America White Again. And it is that subtext that underlies most of Trump's rhetoric.
Trump is speaking to angry white people, and he is saying that he, Trump, is the savior who can Make America White Again, and make everything great for his white base.
If we filter nearly everything Trump does through the MAWA lens, it clarifies things. Of course, Trump, being a crook, will also do many things to ensure that he profits from the Presidency, but racism has been foundational to the GOP since 1968, so racism is always the prime motivator.
