Category: Trump tweets

Trump’s latest racist comments on immigrants

Trump tweeted about a “breeding concept” in sanctuary cities.

From this CNN analysis:

“Taken literally, the most likely explanation is that he’s talking about sanctuary cities as places where undocumented immigrants breed.

If that’s right, there’s a racial undertone in the comment should slap you in the face.
Fear of immigrants from certain countries “breeding” has been a staple of nativist thought for hundreds of years. The “breeding” fear has been affixed to Jews from Eastern Europe, Catholics from Ireland and Italy, Chinese and, now, Latinos, Filipinos, Africans and Haitians. This is dog-whistle politics at its worst.
“Breeding” as a concept has an animalistic connotation. Dogs and horses are bred. So his use of it is, at best, dehumanizing to the immigrants he appears to be referring to.”
Sad!

How does Trump know Stormy Daniels made up the story about the attacker?

“How could Trump possibly know whether or not a man harassed Daniels in 2011? Was he in the parking lot in which the alleged incident happened? If not, there is no possible way he could possess factual proof that Daniels is making up this story.”

More information from the New York Times

I believe Daniels and I believe Trump/Cohen are behind the attack.

Sad!

Trump should not tell businesses to fire people

I thought Republicans were opposed to government intervention in private business.  Yet, Trump:

  • Said individuals working for the media (ESPN, the Washington Post, and ABC) and NFL players who kneeled should be fired. Should he be telling private businesses who to fire?
  • Made sure Carrier got a deal to keep jobs in Indiana. (Carrier later cut jobs anyway.)  Is this fair to Carrier’s competitors?

He’s wrong to say things like this but the gutless hypocritical Republicans in Congress won’t stand up to him.  This doesn’t even cover the conflicts of interest from his businesses competing with private businesses not owned by government officials.  That’s wrong, too.  Sad!