The following article by James Hohmann with Breanne Deppisch and Joanie Greve was posted on the Washington Post website September 25, 2017:
Trump: Fire NFL players who kneel during national anthem
THE BIG IDEA: The most fitting slogan for Donald Trump’s populist campaign, which continues nearly a year after the 2016 election ended, might be “us against them.” I don’t know Latin, but I do know that what we saw from the president this weekend is the opposite of e pluribus unum. He is the divider in chief.
Trump, who was a developer before he became a reality TV star and then a politician, has long been a builder of straw men. Everyone knows that he trades on controversy, but his chaotic approach to governing also depends on constantly presenting the American people with false binary choices. Continue reading “Why the divider in chief embraces culture wars”