Trump has made racist and fascist remarks and has been called out because of that.
No. He hasn’t. Fascists believe in strong central government. Trump’s governance has not had evidence of that. In fact, quite the opposite.
Fascists practice socialism (strict government control or ownership of the means of production). Trump’s own business practices may have elements of of crony capitalism, but his four years in office has been quite the opposite of fascistic socialism.
In both of these, progressives far more often resemble fascism than Trump, and when one throws in the blackshirt practices of progressives in the streets, cancel culture efforts, etc. it is sometimes hard to distinguish between the two.
Some folks seem to think that no criticism of Trump is ever appropriate or that some severe criticism of some of Trump’s acts is uncalled for.
Criticism that is untrue, like the charges of racism and fascism are not appropriate. There are plenty of accurate criticisms so dishonest ones are not necessary.
In 2019, President Trump tweeted that four congresswomen of color should “go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came” (even though three of them were born in the United States).
Let’s keep in mind that the Washington Post, once a respected newspaper, is part of the dishonest DNC propaganda machine.
Now, while that tweet was uncalled for ( no American deserves that kind of comment), it was neither racist nor fascist.
It was one of several examples over the years of Trump suggesting that citizens of color or naturalized immigrants are less American than White people.
Where does he say that race was the distinction? Please be specific. I’ve said this before and it is still true; an accusation of racism without specific evidence is racist itself. It is what the Democrats have done for decades and it is despicable.
Trump echoed the racist birther theory he once employed against Barack Obama to suggest that Harris, the daughter of immigrants from Jamaica and India, might not be eligible to serve as vice president.
Source, where he was speaking of her race. Nationality is not race.
He called Black Lives Matter a “symbol of hate.”
There are certainly elements of it that are. We see them in the streets rioting and looting. We hear their leadership promote Marxism which is, in my view, a source of hate.
That month, in the first presidential debate, he asked the far-right group the Proud Boys to “stand back and stand by."
And you buy the idiotic notion that he was commanding and directing them somehow?
In short, there is no evidence that Trump is racist and far less that he is fascist.
