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American Mythology: The Presidency of Donald Trump (Part One: Manufacturing the Carnage)

The Intercept Briefing

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The American Working Class and Trump's America First Policies

Rucker's university professor and journalist, juan gonzalez, said that trump had kindled a movement that was already developing within the country before his election. The number of new legal immigrant families who have crossed the border so far this year already exceeds the entire from two thousand 15 they are being released by the tens of thousands into our communities with no regard for the impact on public safety or resources. On the campaign trail, before becoming president, trump used his substantial platform to embolden and encourage racists and xenophobes while encouraging police and military forces to act extra judicially. In the good old days, this doesn't happen because they used to treat them very, very rough.

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