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Back in 2018, in the middle of Donald Trump’s first presidency, I wrote a column for the New York Times titled, “We’re All in the Ghetto Now.” I was talking (mostly) metaphorically about how Trump’s clear disdain for so many of his fellow Americans — i.e., anyone outside the “Make America Great Again” flock — made him see much of the country as a “basket of deplorables” unworthy of political consideration (to borrow Hilary Clinton’s phrase, originally used to describe some of the more recalcitrant MAGA supporters). To Trump, this America — comprising Black people and other people of color — is a “shithole” country as unredeemable as any in Africa or the Caribbean, because Trump sees ...

Truth Dig     May 01, 2025