There’s nothing new in American politics about the racial hostility President Trump has demonstrated this week. …
In recent years, though, it’s been rare to see an elected official as prominent as the president of the United States make as overt an appeal to racial politics as Trump’s in recent days. Trump’s willingness to verbalize that undercurrent has made it much more prominent in the political conversation — and much more common. CONT.
Philip Bump, Washington Post
