The world is watching in disbelief as the President of the United States goes full Aryan. After coaxing black and brown voters into his tent, Trump loaded a gun, trained it at their heads, and blocked the exits.
Trump’s racism surprises exactly no one, but his unprecedented aggression in arresting black membersof Congress and sending brown migrants to a torture prison without legal process hints at real strategy from an administration otherwise known for incompetence.
Political writers often quip that Trump’s racial animus is performative: red meat thrown to a carnivorous base, a little candy to keep MAGA extremists standing back and standing by. Plus, daily outrage keeps media focus where Trump wants it: on him.
But Trump is not just feeding and entertaining his base, he’s simultaneously trying to goad democrats– racial minorities in particular– into violence. He’s deliberately trying to incite race riots in the streets, complete with looting and mayhem, as predicate to martial law.