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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDo you really think Trump gives two shits about the confederate statues?
I just in the NY Times that Trump is "sad" that the statues are coming down in many cities. I don't believe for one hot second that Trump has ever thought about the Confederate statues, that he has ever thought about the Civil War, that he's ever thought about the south other than something between NY City and Mar-a-Lago.
I think he realizes that the only people still "with him" is his hardcore right wing asshole Nazi base and he is appealing to them and only them at this point.
brooklynite
(94,792 posts)Orrex
(63,233 posts)AKA his KKK base.
Initech
(100,108 posts)And that's exactly what he's doing right now.
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,219 posts)These aren't civil war history buffs. No one in the crowd on Saturday would have been able to tell you about Lee's divide and flank maneuver at Chancellorville.
They just want an excuse to parade their hate, plain and simple.
ginnyinWI
(17,276 posts)First, he only cares about himself.
Second, everything he says is a lie.
vi5
(13,305 posts)...he just knows that it gets the hardcore liberal hating base all wet, and so he continues to push those buttons.
Yes, I think he's racist and misogynistic and all of it. But the details of that and the history of it which gets the rubes going gets him vote and keeps his base of support so that's why he keeps going to that well.
DLevine
(1,788 posts)The racists told him they love him, so he throws them a bone to keep the adulation coming.
beachbum bob
(10,437 posts)white supremacists ranks....so trump really only cares about placating them.
Johnny2X2X
(19,193 posts)This is an issue he doesn't have to weigh in on at all. He cares about appeasing the Klan and Nazis. He wants them to know he has their back.
Mad-in-Mo
(229 posts)or national landmarks..... isn't he ready to shut down national parks and promote harvesting (drilling, mining, etc) of natural resources in those parks? He doesn't give two craps about beauty.