"Political violence in the United States has tended to come in two forms. The first consists of simply unhinged acts, like John Hinckley Jr shooting Ronald Reagan in the hope of impressing the actress Jodie Foster, or Timothy McVeigh hoping to bring down the government with a bomb. The second is more systematic and sinister: the violence used to keep down groups who threaten the social and political order. This is the violence of strikebreakers and the KKK"This was violence of the people, by the people, for the government.
"This is the correct context in which to understand the bomb scares that have recently affected Barack Obama, the Clintons, Eric Holder, George Soros and others. We don't yet know the state of mind of those responsible. But the identity of the targets chosen (primarily women, African Americans and a Jew) and the fact they are all known enemies of the president of the United States tells us something deeply disturbing about the state of America today."
Trump refers to his political opponents as "globalists" who "want the globe to do well, frankly, not caring about our country."
Those "globalists," according to Trump, support "caravans" of "unknown Middle Easterners" en route from Central America to wreak havoc on American sovereignty.
When it comes to elections, says Trump, the "globalists" depend on millions of non-American "illegals" showing up in droves to vote.
Trump suggested Barack Obama "founded" Isis.
He told "second amendment people" they might be able to take care of Hillary Clinton.
He extolled Montana Republican congressman Greg Gianforte for body-slamming Guardianpolitical reporter Ben Jacobs in May 2017 for asking a question Gianforte didn't appreciate.
There is even reason to believe adult film actress Stormy Daniels' arrest in Columbus, Ohio this summer was politically motivated due to Daniels' outspoken criticism of the president.
And although there may not be any connection between Trump and the gunman who opened fire on a Pittsburgh synagogue in October, killing 11 and wounding six, as Gawthorpe wrote:
"It is no surprise that this febrile atmosphere, in which any lie can be justified if it paints the president's opponents as traitors, would lead to violence."
When commenting about the synagogue shooting, Trump, predictably, stated:
"If they had protection inside the results would have been far better. If they had some kind of a protection inside the temple, maybe it would have been a much different situation."
This is what we can expect from a man identified himself as a "nationalist," encouraging former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke to tweet:
"Trump Embraces Nationalism in a Massive JamPacked 99.9 % White Venue in Houston! Zio Journalists asked him if this is White Nationalism! Of course fundamentally it is as, there is no ethnic or racial group in America more Nationalist than White Americans" So What's the Problem?"
No, Trump is not outright calling for journalists and his political opponents to be harmed and/or killed. He is not overtly calling for Muslims, African Americans, LGBTQ Americans, immigrants (mostly dark-skinned ones), or Democrats to be maimed.
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