As Trump rumbled through his confused and confusing speech at Davos yesterday, he was looking out at a sea of predominantly white faces.
When his cabinet gathers to heap praise on his fragile ego, it is a room of predominantly white faces.
His much-vaunted Board of Peace, once it is fully formed and gathers for a photo op will be predominantly white faces.
Although he threatens and bluffs, Trump will not invade Canada or Greenland or Denmark because he considers these places as homes for white faces.
When he bombs Iran or Venezuela or dismisses African countries at sh*t nations, it is primarily the color of the skin of their inhabitants that enrages him.
His private army of ICE agents is waging war on people of color, not white people. When a white woman was killed by ICE in Minneapolis, even Trump was momentarily taken back.
Every Black woman he attacks is in his words “low-IQ.” It matters not how accomplished she is, what elected office she holds, or anything else other than the color of her skin.
And of course his MAGA crowds, the hard-core supporters who stand by him no matter what, are composed of predominantly white faces.
Someone reading this will say, wait, there are exceptions. Of course there are exceptions, but I’m generalizing here for a reason.
Racism is and always has been at the root of Trumpism.
And the resistance movement gradually forming to resist Trump and his many depredations is composed of a rainbow of colors, including yes, many white faces.
HEADLINES:
Cuban Detainee in El Paso ICE Facility Died by Homicide, Autopsy Shows (NYT)
Trump drops European tariff threat as he touts ‘future’ Greenland deal (Financial Times)
Trump pauses Greenland-linked tariffs on 8 European countries (NBC)
Trump Gives a Stump Speech at Davos (Atlantic)
Inside the room for Trump’s Davos speech (Business Insider)
America’s adventurism is unsettling China (Economist)
Trump’s Attack on Democracy Is Faltering (Atlantic)
Trump Administration Starts Immigration Operation in Maine (NYT)
ICE targeted off-duty police officers in Twin Cities, local police say (WP)
Supreme Court skeptical of Trump’s attempt to fire the Fed’s Lisa Cook (NBC)
They ransacked the U.S. Capitol. Now they want the government to pay them back. (WP)
MLB owners enraged by Kyle Tucker-Dodgers deal, will push for salary cap ‘no matter what’ (Athletic)
Half of world’s CO2 emissions come from just 32 fossil fuel firms, study shows (Guardian)
MAGA Jesus Is Not the Real Jesus (Atlantic)
Craig Newmark explains why he’s pulling back on funding journalism (Nieman)
What to Know About California’s Proposed Tax on Billionaires (NYT)
The Baseball Hall of Fame in 2027: Land of the Giants (Athletic)
China’s AI Boyfriend Business Is Taking On a Life of Its Own (Wired)
Has Gemini surpassed ChatGPT? We put the AI models to the test. (ArsTechnica)
ealth Experts Warn Americans Not Sensually Eating Enough Fruit (Onion)
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