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Why can't he just say it?
Trump equivocates about white supremacy on the presidential debate stage: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/09/trump-white-nationalism-proud-boys-debate/616546/
Trump equivocates about white supremacy on the presidential debate stage: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/09/trump-white-nationalism-proud-boys-debate/616546/
The hardest thing about writing on these moments is explaining why this matters--it's not just a debate flub.
You should read @AdamSerwer's piece on the nationalist's delusion, which I think about basically every day. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/11/the-nationalists-delusion/546356/
You should read @AdamSerwer's piece on the nationalist's delusion, which I think about basically every day. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/11/the-nationalists-delusion/546356/
You should watch @DanielLombroso's documentary on the alt-right, which he spent four years embedded with the movement to make. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/06/white-noise-documentary-alt-right/612898/
You should read Ta-Nehisi Coates on America's first white president. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/10/the-first-white-president-ta-nehisi-coates/537909/
My piece on last night's debate is a snapshot of something huge and defining about Trump's presidency. It is our responsibility as citizens, and journalists, to understand it.
