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NEELS BLOM: Blaming Americans for Trump would be doing what he does
White racial supremacy is the organising principle in the US president’s policy execution
About 18 months ago, a friend who had emigrated to the US came to visit. That was just about the time when Donald Trump began to emerge as the frontrunner in the US presidential race. Our conversation turned to US politics and I said that a Trump presidency was looking like a real possibility. "It does," my friend said. "God help us." Now, a year after Trump floated to the top, the reality is turning out to be far worse than imagined. Just about everything he says is cringeworthy with thoughtless policies to match, and now he has presumed to insult Africans, Haitians and Americans of African descent. He is Archie Bunker without the benefit of the bigoted gags, such as they were. Nothing about Trump is funny and not even the most explicit of satirical depictions provide relief. The main trouble with Trump’s expectorations is not his crude profanity or facile mentality. It is the fact that the idea of white racial supremacy is the organising principle in the US president’s policy exec...
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