Mr. Trump’s crowds remain big and loud, but they’re angrier and more malevolent, and so is Mr. Trump.
At a rally on Wednesday near Fort Lauderdale, Fla., criticizing President Obama’s and Hillary Clinton’s records against the Islamic State, Mr. Trump said:
“In many respects you know they honor President Obama. ISIS is honoring President Obama! He is the founder of ISIS. He’s the founder of ISIS, O.K.! He’s the founder, he founded ISIS and I would say the co-founder would be crooked Hillary Clinton. Co-founder, crooked Hillary Clinton. And that’s what it’s about.”
[That is very good. By using Trump's literal remarks, not deleting repetitions and punctuating where he put the emphasis, one gets a better feel for of his maniacal, manic delivery.]
...
By referring to the president by his full name, Barack Hussein Obama, he continues to wink at some of his staunchest supporters: conspiracy theorists obsessed with the false claim that Mr. Obama is a secret Muslim. The trolls and websites that advance racist theories have supplied Mr. Trump with talking points for years.
["he continues to blow his dog whistle..." Either or.]
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Sure enough, Mr. Trump’s Twitter legions took up the call. Tweeted one: “Barack Hussein Obama is the Founder of ISIS! America’s Islamist-in-Chief, America’s Muslim-in-Charge. An ongoing disaster threatening World!”
["Sure enough": It's his call-and-response routine.]
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When Mr. Trump fans racist rage against the president, suggests that gun owners take up arms against Mrs. Clinton, or speaks darkly of a “rigged” election, he is not trying to woo Republican skeptics, independents or undecided voters. He is appealing to the mob.
[That sounds self-obvious but the Times editorial board is making a deep point:]
Right now Mr. Trump is losing, and this very likely terrifies him. Maybe he doesn’t know how to control himself, or comprehend why he should. Or he is simply satisfying his boundless need for attention. But his behavior this week raises a more disturbing scenario. Perhaps he has given up on winning through civil means and does not care about the consequences of his campaign of incitement.
You see? If--"Perhaps"--Trump has given up on "civil means"...what does that leave? Criminal means. Trump--"Perhaps"--doesn't care about the criminal consequences of his "incitement," assassination.
You have to read the New York Times closely. It is aggravating, you know what the title of the editorial is? "An Even Stranger Donald Trump." "STRANGER"?! "Stranger" does not begin to capture it, not when "malevolent" is used in the opening paragraph. "Dangerous" would begin to capture it. It is aggravating that you have to read the Times so carefully, you know when this was published? THURSDAY. The national press has just today noticed, "Hey, did you see this in the Times?" The Times wants to throw us off for some reason with a benign title, it is sooo aggravating but you have to do it, you have to read the Times closely. Because it is the Quasi-Official New York Times, the nation's newspaper-of-record. Nothing this significant gets written in the quasi-official newspaper-of-record unless there is some official imprimatur. This is an editorial. This is an editorial by the entire New York Times Editorial Board. They vetted this with Official Washington.
This is Quasi-Official Washington telling the nation, which includes Donald Trump, and the world, which includes Russia, that Official Washington now is taking precautions against a Donald Trump-incited, Russia-guided coup d'etat.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/12/opinion/an-even-stranger-donald-trump.html
At a rally on Wednesday near Fort Lauderdale, Fla., criticizing President Obama’s and Hillary Clinton’s records against the Islamic State, Mr. Trump said:
“In many respects you know they honor President Obama. ISIS is honoring President Obama! He is the founder of ISIS. He’s the founder of ISIS, O.K.! He’s the founder, he founded ISIS and I would say the co-founder would be crooked Hillary Clinton. Co-founder, crooked Hillary Clinton. And that’s what it’s about.”
[That is very good. By using Trump's literal remarks, not deleting repetitions and punctuating where he put the emphasis, one gets a better feel for of his maniacal, manic delivery.]
...
By referring to the president by his full name, Barack Hussein Obama, he continues to wink at some of his staunchest supporters: conspiracy theorists obsessed with the false claim that Mr. Obama is a secret Muslim. The trolls and websites that advance racist theories have supplied Mr. Trump with talking points for years.
["he continues to blow his dog whistle..." Either or.]
...
Sure enough, Mr. Trump’s Twitter legions took up the call. Tweeted one: “Barack Hussein Obama is the Founder of ISIS! America’s Islamist-in-Chief, America’s Muslim-in-Charge. An ongoing disaster threatening World!”
["Sure enough": It's his call-and-response routine.]
...
When Mr. Trump fans racist rage against the president, suggests that gun owners take up arms against Mrs. Clinton, or speaks darkly of a “rigged” election, he is not trying to woo Republican skeptics, independents or undecided voters. He is appealing to the mob.
[That sounds self-obvious but the Times editorial board is making a deep point:]
Right now Mr. Trump is losing, and this very likely terrifies him. Maybe he doesn’t know how to control himself, or comprehend why he should. Or he is simply satisfying his boundless need for attention. But his behavior this week raises a more disturbing scenario. Perhaps he has given up on winning through civil means and does not care about the consequences of his campaign of incitement.
You see? If--"Perhaps"--Trump has given up on "civil means"...what does that leave? Criminal means. Trump--"Perhaps"--doesn't care about the criminal consequences of his "incitement," assassination.
You have to read the New York Times closely. It is aggravating, you know what the title of the editorial is? "An Even Stranger Donald Trump." "STRANGER"?! "Stranger" does not begin to capture it, not when "malevolent" is used in the opening paragraph. "Dangerous" would begin to capture it. It is aggravating that you have to read the Times so carefully, you know when this was published? THURSDAY. The national press has just today noticed, "Hey, did you see this in the Times?" The Times wants to throw us off for some reason with a benign title, it is sooo aggravating but you have to do it, you have to read the Times closely. Because it is the Quasi-Official New York Times, the nation's newspaper-of-record. Nothing this significant gets written in the quasi-official newspaper-of-record unless there is some official imprimatur. This is an editorial. This is an editorial by the entire New York Times Editorial Board. They vetted this with Official Washington.
This is Quasi-Official Washington telling the nation, which includes Donald Trump, and the world, which includes Russia, that Official Washington now is taking precautions against a Donald Trump-incited, Russia-guided coup d'etat.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/12/opinion/an-even-stranger-donald-trump.html
