Do I have to cut and paste all Trump's comments and recorded statements? Politics are infuriating to discuss because you find yourself debate truth, things that are obvious but still denied.
Besides, I think HN would throttle you well before you got a few percent of the way through them.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politic...
https://www.vox.com/2015/7/8/8911467/donald-trump-immigrants...
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/06/19/what...
https://www.vox.com/2016/7/25/12270880/donald-trump-racist-r...
Some of these are so flimsy I'm wondering if you sent these in jest or not. Are you an elaborate troll? Serious question, because if so, I'm taking the bait. :)
> https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politic...
A quote from a low-level White House aide doesn't mean much. That said, I could see Trump saying this jokingly.
> https://www.vox.com/2015/7/8/8911467/donald-trump-immigrants...
I went through each bullet point and even followed links of sources. I suppose the first one was what you meant to send me? I'm familiar with this quote and it's definitely high on the list for cringe quotes. At worst this sounds xenophobic.
> https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/06/19/what...
I'm sorry, how does this quote (I watched the video) make him racist? He basically said nothing in that quote, except he didn't admit he was wrong, which is pretty par for the course.
> https://www.vox.com/2016/7/25/12270880/donald-trump-racist-r...
You actually picked an article with some teeth here. There are actually a couple of things in here that are pretty cringe from Trump's perspective (Chinese virus, anyone? Even though that turned out to be true! And the supposed Black vs White Apprentice - yeesh) but some are straight up ridiculous. 2004, he fired a Black contestant from The Apprentice? Is that really the best they got? Further, many of these are about actions taken by Trump businesses, not by Trump himself. Again note the indirect quotes from people.
BTW: you should use sources that aren't blatantly biased. Nice try, troll!
Instead of seeing a clear pattern over decades of awful statements and personal quotes, you give him the benefit of the doubt (which he doesn't deserve). Trump perhaps made it this far because one of his true skills is dancing on the line without fully crossing over it, so people that actually enjoy his awful racist ideology can still argue in polite society that "he didn't really mean that"
You can't force someone to see something they've already made up their mind isn't there.
This is a bad faith interaction, it was wrong of me to even attempt dialogue.
Which is to say, you'll never catch me wasting my time talking to someone that needs such a clarification, and clearly won't listen to evidence that contradicts their immovable and laughable conclusions.
Um... that's literally it?
Bad take my guy. Just because you can copy/paste links and make citations doesn't make your take any more true. It smacks of extreme ignorance. And saying things like "on the right, we reacted to the first black US president by electing a bona fide white supremacist" just discredits you further - this is a highly politically charged statement that tells on your positions (and frankly, your mental state).