President Trump inches toward his n-word moment
President Donald Trump moves closer to his public or private N-word moment.
A worldwide backlash occurred with Trump’s alleged description of challenged nations Haiti, El Salvador and several African nations as “shithole countries.”
One Trump supporter informed that Trump’s alleged insensitive remarks should not count because they were spoken behind closed doors. And all the closet racists, bigots and misogynists agree as if this were Las Vegas.
Trump retains solid base support, connecting phrases and word forms that resonate as standard linguistics for his followers and others. President watchers wait for the day when he unleashes the racial slur in some bipartisan meeting then watch the fallout as some say that he did while others misremember or present alternative facts about the incident.
Nothing is real under the sun anymore, always shaded by dust or depth perception. All behavioral blemishes can receive cover with a wink or tweet delivered to mindless minions who speak gibberish.
By the way, anyone who defends or criticizes Trump can imagine this commander-in-chief has already referenced former President Barack Obama with the N-word vulgarity behind closed doors or on some private country club golf course.
Trump’s small hands and miniaturemindedness reflects an insecurity. His bluster breathes feelings of insufficiency as thoughts of Obama being better hurt his core. Trump and Republicans may try to dismantle all things Obama but we have our champion tethered to memories that will be passed along to our children and our children’s children.
Trump’s birther campaign may have operated as a challenge to the legitimacy of Obama’s presidency but in reality the miserable protest which matched Police Inspector Javert for obsession, existed with an underlying hope to remove Obama from the White House or at the very least delegitimize the Black Prince’s historical value.
Trump issued a tepid mea culpa, a withdrawal of his poor birther allegation, followed by a new Republican deal to dismantle most Obama achievements from the Deferred Action for Childhood Adults (DACA) to destruction of the Affordable Care Act.
While critics respond with aghast about Trump’s bigotry, most black or Latino U.S. residents understand racial DNA of many white folk. We understand separation and wait for the promise of equal.
A personal preference embraces honesty, even at the expense of hurt feelings. Black, brown and poor people understand separation. Our quest seeks equal, level and an opportunity for success.
When President Trump verbalizes the N-word, behind closed doors or elsewhere, expect no retribution here. His comments have been scripted to inflict agitation, cultivate anger and to produce a response that demands physical confrontation.
Donald Trump has lived a life of bigotry, bias and human betrayal without any obvious introspection. His delusion allows for this observation that he ranks as one of the “least racist” people in the world.
No upset exists here as most people on the receiving end of discrimination prefer knowing exactly where we stand.
Listening to KKK members espouse hate ranks better than finding out a friendly Caucasian neighbor holds membership for the local white supremacist group.
If President Trump dislikes blacks, Puerto Ricans, Mexicans, Haitians, Muslims women, El Salvadorans, Africans, etc. then appreciation exists for his honesty.
Better the devil we know.
L.A. Parker is a Trentonian columnist.