Trump’s Racism Is Part Of His Larger Con

Matthew Yglesias: “It’s wrong to characterize the racist incitement as a ‘distraction’ since it is important on its own terms. But it is worth understanding that there is a controversial aspect of the Trump administration that Trump is happy to talk about — the racist aspect — and then there is a whole other set of controversies lurking hidden below the water line that Trump doesn’t like to talk about.” “In the fight Trump wants to have, he casts himself as a champion of the typical white American Christian who is beset by various alien forces and politically correct elites.

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