US President Donald Trump condones the growing popularity in the United States of the ideology of superiority of the white race, which led to the recent mass shooting of people in the Texas city of El Paso. This was stated by former Vice President Joe Biden, speaking to supporters of the US Democratic Party as part of his campaign.
“How different is Trump’s rhetoric about the“ invasion of immigrants ”from the shooter’s statement in El Paso that“ his attack is a reaction to the Hispanic invasion of Texas? ”Asked Joe Biden from the audience.
“How big is the difference between these statements? And between the supporters of the superiority of the white race and the neo-Nazis in Charlottesville - beautiful people, according to Trump, chanting: “You can’t replace us!” And a shooter who staged a massacre in the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh? ”CNN quoted Biden as saying.
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Biden said Trump's anti-immigrant rhetoric led to an incident in El Paso, Texas, where a criminal shot dead visitors to Walmart hypermarket. As a result, 22 people were killed. Before the attack, he published a manifesto on the network, where he spoke about the invasion of US immigrants from the countries of South and Central America and expressed solidarity with the shooter, who in March this year killed over 50 people in mosques in New Zealand.
“I don’t think there is a big difference. Either directly or in disguise it says the same thing. The current president is fanning the flames of the superiority of the white race in our country, ”Biden said.
The former US vice president made such a sharp accusation against Trump before the start of a four-day election campaign in Iowa. Biden added that the current president "sided with the darkest forces in this country."
Accusations of aiding racists against Trump could become the new Democrats platform in the 2020 elections, said Andrei Sidorov, head of the department of international organizations and world political processes at the Moscow State University’s faculty of world politics.
“Now with Donald Trump, social and economic indicators are growing, so the Democrats began to actively develop and fuel the theme of racism. I am sure that Trump does not support racists and neo-Nazis, but such accusations are essential for the establishment of both US parties, ”the expert said in a conversation with RT.
Media against the president
Leading American media outlets agreed with Biden. After incidents of executions of people in Texas and Ohio, television channels and publications directly linked these events to Donald Trump's policies.
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"According to Joe Biden, Trump is" fanning the flames of the ideas of the superiority of the white race in the United States, "said CNN's website, quoting the words of the former vice president.
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“How the ideas of the superiority of the white race in the United States led to events in El Paso,” the New Yorker magazine came out with that headline.
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“The strategy of violent proponents of the superiority of the white race is changing,” notes Atlantic magazine, referring to the revival of the “resistance without leader” tactic described by one of the Ku Klux Klan activists in his essay in 1983.
Some publications, such as the British The Guardian, have accused of not indulging in the right-wing extremists with the president, but also with his relatives, in particular the daughter Ivanka Trump.
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“In words, Ivanka Trump condemns the ideas of the superiority of the white race, but her actions suggest otherwise,” writes columnist Arva Madavi.
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“Why Trump Can't Lead the War Against White Race Ideas” is another CNN headline.
“I don't like it”
The 45th president responded to Biden's criticism and press attacks in his usual style. On Twitter, he called Sleepy Joe Biden’s performance boring and predicted the fall in popularity was “sloppy mainstream media” that support the former vice president.
Later, during a meeting with reporters, Trump expressed concern about the growth of extremist sentiments in the United States.
However, in addition to right-wing radicals, he did not forget to mention the anti-fascist movement, which he had previously wanted to recognize as a terrorist organization.
“I am worried about the growing influence of any hate speech groups. I don’t like it whether it’s about supporters of the superiority of the white race or any other superiority, about the anti-fascist movement or about any other group that promotes hatred. This problem is extremely worrying for me, and I will take appropriate measures, ”said the US President.
This is not the first time that Trump in his statements puts an equal sign between right and left radicals. He already made a similar assessment after the clashes between the “alternative right” and the “antifa” in Charlottesville in 2017. That is exactly what Biden and other media mentioned in their indictment, who believe Trump indulges white racists.
Meanwhile, clashes of right and left radicals are still taking place on the streets of American cities. So, in Portland on August 17, actions of two rival groups are planned - the right-wing “Proud Boys” and anti-fascists from the PopMob group. The previous meeting of marches of these organizations in the city ended in massive fights.
Pre-election radicalism
However, not all journalists and politicians from the American establishment agree with the statement that Trump relies on the support of nationalists and right-wing radicals of all stripes. Thus, journalist and columnist for Fox News, Tucker Carlson, believes that the growing wave of panic in the mainstream media over the growth of radical sentiment is nothing more than an attempt to link the president with anything negative ahead of the 2020 election.
- March against white nationalism in Charlottesville in 2017
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“If you were to compile a list of problems in terms of importance — the problems our country faces — what line would be the idea of the superiority of the white race? Probably, like Russia, at the very beginning of the list. In fact, there is no such problem in the USA, ”Carlson reasoned in the context of recent tragic events.
The journalist noted that Trump's involvement in the right-wing radicals who are organizing such attacks is a fiction like an investigation into his ties with the Kremlin, which Democrats are behind.
“This is a fiction. Fiction and everything related to Russia. This is a conspiracy theory that is used to sow discord in the country and hold power. This is exactly what is happening now, ”said Carlson.
According to Andrei Sidorov, earlier both American parties agreed that the state system and US values are the best in the world. However, in the pursuit of voters, one of the parties began to put the interests of individual groups higher than all-American ones.
“Now the slogans have shifted from social requirements to the requirements of individual groups. This is a dangerous trend for the United States - associations that act on the basis of various ethnic, religious and other factors, and not from the unification of social layers of society, are gaining strength, ”Sidorov said.
According to the director of the Franklin Roosevelt Foundation for the Study of the United States, Yuri Rogulev, Democrats become an organization of leftist and ethnic minorities, and Republicans rule.
“It should be borne in mind that the Democratic Party has always had social democratic and socialist groups, while the Republican Party is strongly influenced by conservative and radical groups. It’s another matter that due to the polarization of society, parties move away from each other and begin to become active in such radical groups, ”the expert noted.
However, according to Rogulev, these accusations by the Democratic Party will not be able to scare away moderate and independent voters from Trump.
“What Biden says is just rhetoric. All the allegations are based on Trump's fight against illegal migration. Even during Reagan, the rise of right-wing and conservative organizations and structures began, so Trump is the result of the growth of this influence, and not a factor that expands it ... In response, Trump will simply blame the Democrats for being on the basis of a radical ideology, namely socialism, communism and other "isms". And that’s all over, ”concluded Yuri Rogulev.