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President Trump Is a Very Political Animal
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/24/opinion/trump-animals-immigrants-politics.htmlPresident Trump Is a Very Political Animal
By Thomas B. Edsall
May 24, 2018
President Trump has an almost Apollonian daytime argument in favor of his continued political dominance, which is “Jobs Jobs Jobs!,” “MAGA!” and so forth. He also has a nighttime argument about decline, racial resentment and ethnic hatred. He pushes both strains hard, but the evidence suggests that his heart is really in the hate.
Through gut (or gutter) instinct, Trump has adopted a political strategy designed to exploit anger at and resentment toward immigrants as well as racial and ethnic minorities. This is the linchpin of his approach to the 2020 election.
Trump’s demonization of nonwhites was and remains essential to his takeover of the Republican Party.
His unabashed embrace of insults, epithets and name-calling is well established. In January, my colleagues David Leonhardt and Ian Prasad Philbrick argued in The Times that
...
Through gut (or gutter) instinct, Trump has adopted a political strategy designed to exploit anger at and resentment toward immigrants as well as racial and ethnic minorities. This is the linchpin of his approach to the 2020 election.
Trump’s demonization of nonwhites was and remains essential to his takeover of the Republican Party.
His unabashed embrace of insults, epithets and name-calling is well established. In January, my colleagues David Leonhardt and Ian Prasad Philbrick argued in The Times that
...
Longish article but well worth a read
