Trump started out his political campaign with a kickoff that included bashing Mexicans and being surrounded by paid "supporters". That sort of start would have doomed him in a "regular" political party. But that's not the case with the new Republican party. It's nearly five decade quest for every racist vote in the country has led to this, Fascism. Historically, the Republican party started out as the liberal wing of the Whigs and the "Free States" Democrats. It's interest was in propping up the industrial North and freeing the slaves. Through the years it has morphed into a party that protected the interests of the wealthy until the civil rights act passed. Then it actively courted the disenfranchised white Christians of the South. The Election of Barack Obama gave rise to the Tea Party, an ultra right wing bread basket of white Christian theocrats. Trump is the natural progression in this march to outright Fascism. He appeals to those who want "one country, one god and one people who are all the same".
One Problem:
Trump is a fraud and they're too stupid to know it!
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I agree with your thread and just wanted to add that to it.
Not really. I think he sincerely believes his own rhetoric. He's been saying this stuff behind closed doors while holding court with paid shills. None of it really was ever vetted until recently. The scary part is there are a sizable amount of people that finds his ridiculously outrageous nonsense, intriguing.
The Media helped a great deal here as well. American Journalism has become a joke.
By the way, this is happening in France as well. The right wing party there is pretty fascist.
