The most shocking part of Trump’s comments is what our reaction says about us
Listening to the president at a rally these days is a mix of deja vu and word salad, but his decade-long project of division remains abnormal and dangerous This was originally published in This Week in Trumpland. Sign up to receive it in your inbox every Wednesday Donald Trump’s campaign rallies can be repetitive. Very repetitive. He calls himself the “greatest” president leading the “greatest”…
The most shocking aspect of Donald Trump's recent comments at a campaign rally is the apathy displayed by the American public in response. After a decade of divisive rhetoric, from labeling opponents as "Dumocrats" to dismissing the transgender community, Trump's latest tirades appear to be met with mere indifference. Once incendiary statements would have sparked outrage, but now, they elicit only a collective shrug.
The nation has apparently become desensitized to the level of divisiveness and falsehoods emanating from the White House, raising questions about the state of American society.
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