Josh Marshall: The Primary Text of Trumpism

[babylonsister]

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-primary-text-of-trumpism

The Primary Text of Trumpism
By Josh Marshall
Published September 30, 2017 10:37 am


As I’ve read and reread these hideous three tweets which I transcribed below, I’ve realized they are not just a disgrace but something like a primary text of Trumpism. Everything is there.

Things non-white people say are dictated by “the Democrats.” Non-whites aren’t political actors.

Every conflict quickly boils down honorable and white soldiers, police and first responders versus non-white ingrates, complainers and protestors. In fact, the very actions of the latter group dishonors and assaults the sacrifices and purity of the first.

This may all sound inflamed and dramatic. It is. But look at the language about the Puerto Ricans who “want everything to be done for them” and the first responders and military service members. Look how clearly it matches the Trump’s imagery of black NFL players and protestors dishonoring veterans who sacrificed everything.

The core and essence of Trumpism is a racist morality play. It plays out again and again, just with a different troupe of actors in each town.

[Girard442]

1. I don't disagree with JMM, but I don't think Trump could verbalize his position like that.

It's all primal scream from the lizard brain with him.

[lindysalsagal]

3. But a lizard's motivation is digestion and escape. No lizards are sociopaths, and

therefore, I consider lizards innocent.

He's more like mephistopeles.
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[Cosmocat]

12. He isn't playing three dimensional chess, but he ABSOLUTELY

knows what he is doing in the manner Marshal noted.

I have posted and told people, 45 was being downright cruel to his pods over the NFL - he knew he had them hooked and was just tweaking them, toying with them.

There is a reason he ran at a republican.

Any good con man know the key to any con is the mark. He knew he had a 1/3 of this country primed, after decades of conservative media skull screwing the reality out of them, to plug in and take it to the next level.

[longship]

2. Josh Marshall seems to have turned a corner here.

Although he has been dropping significant hints for some time that this is what he's been thinking. I believe he is correct. Trumpism is, at its core, racist.

TPM is a mandatory daily visit for me, especially Josh's Editor's BLOG.

R&

[spanone]

4. he's a dedicated white supremacist

it's that simple

[dalton99a]

9. It is true and beyond dispute

[Perseus]

5. Although we may dismiss Trump's intelligence

one thing is certain, the people behind him move the strings, Trump is a very useful pawn and knows how to create chaos. Alex Baldwin's quote from SNL says it all "The more chaos I cause the less people can focus", and so far everyone is focusing on the stupidity that Trump spews on a daily basis, everyone ignoring the people behind him who are the brains of the destruction and what is to come.

If people don't catch up on the strategy and start figuring out that the chaos is not Trump, that he is just the face and voice of stupidity to hide the others and allow them to work behind the curtains, things will just get worst.

I hope Puerto Ricans now understand that it is not only Trump, but the whole GOP who doesn't care a bit for them. I know people from Puerto Rico who have been ardent republicans, to a nauseating point, I wonder what they think now...they most probably blame it all to Obama, of course.

Has anyone ever wonder why George Orwell's famous novel "1984" always becomes relevant when the republicans are in power?

[ewagner]

8. "... ignoring the people behind him who are the brains of the destruction and what is to come. "

It isn't "to come"...it's here...look at his judicial appointment; the rollback of environmental regulations...

He's done enough all ready to set us back 20 maybe 30 years!

[Perseus]

11. You are correct that it is here, but

there is more to come, and that is what I am referring to.

[Dustlawyer]

6. I want to point out the fallacy of Trump's argument that things are great in PR.

If they were getting what they needed in the relief effort, why would they be bitching? Why would they spit on the hand that is feeding them? They will need a lot of help in the coming years and so they want to screw with that by being ungrateful and say that the effort sucks anyway?

Really?

Maybe, just maybe, things aren't so hot in PR El Trumpo!

[dalton99a]

7. He knows that his voters are motivated by race

Race is what made him president, and race is what's keeping him in office

[mcar]

10. Racist morality play

JMM got it in one!

[KY_EnviroGuy]

13. Same song, different singer, new verses for the song.

Remember Nixon's Southern Strategy with Spiro as lead singer? Racist morality play. Gingrich and many others have had hit versions on the charts for as long as I can recall.

The song has played in some form every day for decades on right-wing talk radio and Faux News. Racist morality plays.

This song is getting very, very old.

[tblue37]

14. 76% of Puerto Ricans are white, though Trump probably doesn't know that. nt