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Asked by a reporter if white nationalism is a growing threat, @POTUS replies,
not really, suggesting its just a small group of people.
The FBI does not agree
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https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/fbi-white-nationalists-isis-threat-nazis-alt-right-trump-muslim-groups-terrorism-report-a7972136.html
https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/article158205859.html
https://thesoufancenter.org/intelbrief-right-wing-terrorism-and-the-enemy-within/
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In the last decade, 73.3% of all domestic extremist-related killings have been perpetrated by right-wing extremists, compared to 23.4% perpetrated by terrorists motivated by Salafi-jihadism and 3.2% by left-wing extremism.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/fbi-white-nationalists-isis-threat-nazis-alt-right-trump-muslim-groups-terrorism-report-a7972136.html
https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/article158205859.html
https://thesoufancenter.org/intelbrief-right-wing-terrorism-and-the-enemy-within/
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HE IS ONE OF THEM. (Original Post)
kpete
Mar 2019
OP
No. He's not one of them: He's using them because they are his base, and he needs stupid haters
lindysalsagal
Mar 2019
#2
I don't even think he is a bigot as much as a businessman who wants it all. Like a mafia Don.
LiberalArkie
Mar 2019
#9
Blue Owl
(50,489 posts)1. They Live!
And ya don't need the sunglasses to spot 'em...
lindysalsagal
(20,726 posts)2. No. He's not one of them: He's using them because they are his base, and he needs stupid haters
because intelligent people see right through him.
Trump doesn't cheat non-whites: He cheats everyone.
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,402 posts)5. racists and nazis think he's a racist nazi
JI7
(89,262 posts)6. no. Trump IS a bigot. even if he is using them for his own gains
her is still one of those.
LiberalArkie
(15,728 posts)9. I don't even think he is a bigot as much as a businessman who wants it all. Like a mafia Don.
"I don't really want to cap you Joey, It's just business"
JI7
(89,262 posts)10. he is clearly a bigot.
dalton99a
(81,568 posts)3. "Violence perpetrated by the far right is on the rise"
The U.S. Anti-Defamation League attempts a broader count, stressing murderers links with far-right organizations rather than their stated motives. According to the group, right-wing extremists were responsible for 70 percent of the 427 extremist-related killings that occurred in the U.S. in the past 10 years. In 2018, every one of the perpetrators of the 37 extremist-related murders in the U.S. had ties to at least one far-right movement, although one had recently switched to supporting Islamist extremism, the ADL says.
Importantly, the number of incidents of violence perpetrated by the far right is on the rise. The Institute for Economics and Peace noted in its 2018 Global Terrorism Index report that the number of such killings increased from three in 2014 to 17 in 2017.
Meanwhile, Islamist-inspired terrorism appears to be on the wane, with the attempt to create a caliphate in the Middle East roundly defeated and the ideal of pure Islamic statehood losing its attractiveness to the assorted misfits among the Wests Muslim minorities. According to Janes Terrorism and Insurgency Centers Global Attack Index, fatalities linked to Islamic State declined by 51.5 percent in 2018.
Importantly, the number of incidents of violence perpetrated by the far right is on the rise. The Institute for Economics and Peace noted in its 2018 Global Terrorism Index report that the number of such killings increased from three in 2014 to 17 in 2017.
Meanwhile, Islamist-inspired terrorism appears to be on the wane, with the attempt to create a caliphate in the Middle East roundly defeated and the ideal of pure Islamic statehood losing its attractiveness to the assorted misfits among the Wests Muslim minorities. According to Janes Terrorism and Insurgency Centers Global Attack Index, fatalities linked to Islamic State declined by 51.5 percent in 2018.
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-03-15/after-christchurch-far-right-terror-needs-urgent-scrutiny
Docreed2003
(16,869 posts)4. He's speaking their language and using their phrases
Yes he is one of them!
Thank you for this!
kpete
(72,013 posts)8. The New Zealand shooter called immigrants "invaders." Hours later, so did Trump.
NRaleighLiberal
(60,018 posts)7. Yes. I consider trump himself to be a terrorist.
IcyPeas
(21,901 posts)11. Trump Doesn't Really Give a Sh*t. /nt