The difference between a leftist and a liberal view of Trump.......

[Nonhlanhla]

99. No.

Both are lefty/liberal perspectives on Trump. The one position (which you called liberal) just focuses more on the extreme aberration from even otherwise already-problematic norms within US politics, and recognizes that he presents a virulent form of recurring racism which is at the heart of US political problems (and always have been). Many so-called liberals know that the problem goes deeper than Trump, but they can recognize the extreme fascist dangers he is poses.

The second position (which you call a lefty position) sometimes tends to focus primarily on economic inequality. That perspective is correct insofar as it recognizes that the problems go well beyond Trump, but it often leads to some lefties not recognizing the extreme risks involved in Trump, and to be blind to the racial issues at the root of not only Trumpism but US class politics as well.

It is quite possible to be both a lefty and a liberal, by the way. In fact, I would guess that many of us are.