Is Trump a white supremacist? I have consistently maintained that his racism is more the product of politics and opportunism than anything else. There is a chain of evidence, however, which suggests otherwise. It’s a debatable point.
Here is what I consider to be beyond dispute, however:
- His base consists largely of people who consider themselves to be the victims, not the beneficiaries, of racism.
- Anyone who thinks that we need to keep brown and black people out because they carry with them a culture that is incompatible with ours is a white supremacist, whether he views himself that way or not.
- Any white person who believes he is the true victim of a system that gives members of other races “cuts in line” is either remarkably unobservant or just plain stupid.
In the end, it doesn’t really matter if Trump is actually a white supremacist or not, because he acts like one, and he relies on support from them. What more do you need?