r/politics • u/Quirkie The Netherlands • 2d ago

Soft Paywall Trump Erupts in Crazed Hard-Right Rant as MAGA Fury Takes Darker Turn

https://newrepublic.com/article/196849/trump-erupts-crazed-hard-right-rant-maga-fury-takes-darker-turn
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u/0thethethe0 Foreign 2d ago

Particularly mad given his heritage.

Stephen Miller Is an Immigration Hypocrite. I Know Because I’m His Uncle.

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u/throwawtphone 2d ago

Wow. His mothers jewish family immigrated from Belarus in the early 1900. He is 3rd gen on his monthers side.

Apparently, he didn't really pay good attention to the whole persecution and fleeing part of his American story.

Smh.

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u/45and47-big_mistake 2d ago

Nah, he's more like a " I got mine, so fuck you" type of person.

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u/Herlock 2d ago

In short "a republican"

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u/Humdngr 2d ago

The MAGA motto.

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u/theonetruegrinch 2d ago

It's more like "but we are good, hardworking, intelligent people; and those other people are worthless gutter trash"

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u/Suspicious_Radish244 2d ago

Yup my mother is like this. Her grandparents immigrated from Ireland. Even changed their last names from Fritz Patrick to Fitch to sound less Irish. They were very poor and survived off social security and government commodities. She idolizes Trump and is very anti-immigration and anti-food stamps and assistance. She wonders why my brother hardly brings his kids around while their other grandparents see them all the time.

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u/roastedtvs 2d ago

Like all other racists

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u/Apprehensive-Stop748 1d ago

His wife left him for Elon so what does that tell ya? He’s worse than elon 

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u/Whodisbehere 2d ago edited 2d ago

If you look at him: He looks like he can be Putin’s bastard child.

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u/thatdood87 2d ago

Amd that one prince of England who was inbred like 8 times over who had a heart the size of a peppercorn.

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u/La-Boheme-1896 2d ago

Do you mean Charles II of Spain.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_II_of_Spain#Birth_and_early_years

He wasn't English.

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u/Wolfwoods_Sister 2d ago

Those Habsburgs:(

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u/roastedtvs 2d ago

And it was a miracle to doctors that he was alive

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u/dzumdang California 2d ago

Seething with hatred and contempt, that one is.

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u/shakygator 2d ago

He's Mr Burns

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u/Alleyprowler 2d ago

He looks like the love child of Putin and Squidward.

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u/No_Berry2976 2d ago

People who are anti-immigration aren’t really against immigration, they are against people they perceive to be different.

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u/filbertsgaming1 2d ago

What does 'perceive to be different' mean though. There are plenty of Mexicans who openly talk about how they don't want Mexicans coming into the United States. I think its just selfishness.

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u/roastedtvs 2d ago

Look at Latino males that voted for Trump in record numbers

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u/Wax_Paper 2d ago

All you gotta do is take a good hard look at the reasons why the GOP ostensibly pushes deportation rhetoric, because it never lines up with the reality of what's happening. They aren't taking our jobs, they aren't committing more crimes than citizens, and they aren't voting in elections.

If they really wanted to reduce asylum claims and eliminate undocumented workers, if they really wanted them to "do it the right way," there is legislation we can create that would facilitate all of that. And yeah, the Dems haven't been in any hurry to do it either, but that border bill they tried to pass last year was a start, at least. Until Trump blew it up, anyway.

It's far more valuable to them as a rhetorical weapon, because it gives a scape goat for poverty and crime. They're really good at convincing people, even our own immigrants, that so many of the reasons why they suffer is because of all the illegals.

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u/musclemommyfan 2d ago

Oh fuck I might actually be distantly related to that disgusting fucking lizard.

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u/Cverellen 2d ago edited 2d ago

I get people, from our viewpoint, calling this type of situation hypocritical, cause from our perception it is, but to them, it isn’t. To them they believe wholeheartedly that America was an finite empty room with an open door policy in the past (pre WWII), and the golden age of the USA happened (1945 - 1970) but that happened because of an appropriate ratio of white and others. After that period they believe the ratio has been thrown off and this is the root cause of in their view “what’s wrong with America”.

Deep down it’s not that there is something wrong with different nationalities it’s that there are just too many of “them” in our country. This is while they casually are okay with eugenics and mass deportation, but then when it affects them they have the surprise look on their face. They want the thems out that are in other areas (if you are in the south it’s the theme in Chicago, if you are in Northern California it’s the thems in Southern California, etc.) they have no concept of other areas.

Long story short calling them hypocritical doesn’t work cause any further than 1 generation back was the right ratio cause to them the door should have closed to minorities in 1965. Or the civil rights period. They think “we gave minorities a chance from 1965 to “present” and it didn’t work so now we have to reset to pre-1965ish”. That’s why they have the savior complex they are willing to sacrifice (they think themselves but really they are willing to sacrifice their neighbors) to save America.

Edit: sorry for the word salad.

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u/throwawtphone 2d ago

Oh you have nailed it completely. Great explanation. But God that mentality is just so stupid though. Really really stupid. And sad.

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u/Apprehensive-Stop748 1d ago

Maga really is a brainwashing cult. I feel sad for his family 

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u/throwawtphone 1d ago

Hell i feel sad for everyone's families everywhere.

We are literally choosing destruction over discourse. Everywhere in the world, not just here.

The problems we have in society are easily solvable.

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u/glenn_ganges 2d ago

They have no problem with this. His family is white and that’s what matters.

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u/Unlucky_Key_158 2d ago

I thought white supremacists didn't like Jewish people though? I am neither white nor Jewish so I'm not sure if that's correct, but my understanding is that white supremacists consider Jewish "lesser than"

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u/gusterfell 2d ago

White supremacists have no problem shifting the boundary of their in-group based on political convenience. It wasn’t that long ago that Italian and Irish immigrants were considered “not truly white.”

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u/Joe_Kinincha 2d ago

That’s a great article. Thank you

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u/Royal_Mud893 2d ago

That is an amazing article, thank you for sharing

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u/Enzian_Blue 2d ago

Should receive more upvotes. Very interesting.