Trump Turns Made in America Showcase into Racism Showcase

After touring boats, irrigations systems, and the other Made-in-America wares displayed on the White House lawn Monday, President Trump took to a podium to give a longwinded speech riddled with lies about job creation, trade, and the manufacturing industry. He then asked for questions about the issues he had just addressed.

He didn’t get any.

As soon as Trump opened the floor to the press, he was pummeled with questions about a series of racist attacks he has made against a group of congresswomen of color, beginning Sunday morning when he tweeted that they should “go back” to the “countries from which they came.” The president didn’t hesitate to reiterate his claim that the congresswomen — presumably Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), and Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) — should leave the United States rather than criticize his administration. “If you’re not happy in the U.S., if you’re complaining all the time, very simply, you can leave,” he said. “You can leave right now. Come back if you want. Don’t come back — that’s OK, too. If you’re not happy, you can leave.”

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“These are people that hate our country,” Trump added. “They hate it, I think, with a passion.”

Trump attempted to refrain from referring to any of the congresswomen by name, although he did mention Omar, whom he repeatedly and falsely claimed has praised Al Qaeda and favors the extremist organization over the United States. He also claimed, falsely, that Omar “hates Jews.”

The only other congresswoman Trump referred to specifically was the one who prevented Amazon from opening a headquarters in New York City, a reference to Ocasio-Cortez.

When asked whether it concerns him that white nationalists are “finding common cause” with him as he attacks congresswomen of color, Trump said it doesn’t because “many people agree with me.”

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-racist-tirade-made-in-america-858993/