"(Alex Brandon / Associated Press) On Thanksgiving evening, as Americans offered grace for their blessings and feasted with loved ones, President Trump's contribution to the country's dinner table was the digital equivalent of a flaming turd pie. On social media, he published a screed that drew from his tried-and-true playbook - personal insults against political enemies, slanders against immigrants, oscillating between calling his opponents "nice" and "STUPID." This time, though, Trump went lower and nastier than he has ever gone before - no, really."
"Freely switching between "refugee," "foreign national," "migrant" and "illegal," he declared immigration "the leading cause of social dysfunction in America" and insisted that "only REVERSE MIGRATION can fully cure this situation." That's an idea the farthest fringes of the American right have preached going back to the days of slavery, when some wanted freed Black people sent back to Africa, lest they poison democracy."
President Trump posted a vitriolic Thanksgiving social media message laden with personal insults and slanders aimed at political opponents and immigrants. He used varying labels — refugee, foreign national, migrant, illegal — to depict immigration as the leading cause of social dysfunction and urged "only REVERSE MIGRATION" as a cure. He advocated a "major reduction" in "disruptive populations," excluding those not viewed as net assets or compatible with "Western Civilization." The rhetoric echoes long-standing nativist and exclusionary currents dating to slavery and recent Heritage American ideas. The post followed a shooting involving an Afghan asylum recipient.
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