Timothy L O’Brien says describing Donald Trump’s racist baiting of four new Democratic congresswomen of different ethnic backgrounds as ‘strategic’ gives him too much credit. Chip Roy of Texas crossed lines to offer what was ultimately a tepid critique of Trump’s Twitter storm. George Conway, husband of prominent Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway, tweeted that Trump’s comments were “bigotry, pure and simple”. The roots of Trump’s racism, and the path it has taken throughout his life, are mapped in an oral history that Atlantic magazine published in June. This past week, and Trump’s tweets on Sunday, are reminders that the president has chosen to divide and exploit rather than lead.

Source: Irish Examiner July 15, 2019 22:52 UTC