The most disturbing thing about a figure like Trump is that he has spent decades doing showily indecent things like calling for the deaths of presumed-guilty-until-proven-innocent young Black and Latino men (the Central Park Five), precisely because he knows that a significant portion of American society will applaud him for saying the racist things they want to hear.
Powerful as he is to do lasting damage to our democracy, Trump is just one guy, and despite what his doctors say about in their glowing reports on his health, he doesn't strike me as someone who is likely to be around to celebrate his 80th birthday. I'm more worried about the millions who still support him and his vile agendas. They'll be around much, much longer than he will. And they'll be waiting to prop up the next would-be dictator who promises to make them great again, at the expense of minorities.
Last edited by Julie Steiner; 06-08-2019 at 01:34 PM.
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