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Donald Trump Triumphed At Commodifying White Supremacy
Now what?
There’s no doubt that the stained legacy of Donald Trump is a carryover from more than four years ago, when rumblings of his proposed presidential run was greeted with LOLs and eye rolls, that very quickly turned into the disbelief and horror that stuck around for the dangerous rollercoaster ride.
“The King of New York” as he was affectionately dubbed was a cultural icon and reality TV star, who became the symbol of staggering prosperity and glitzy celebrity, which garners inclusion in popular rap verses, cameos in cult movies, and a posse of the rich and famous.
But once sinister hacks, Roger Stone, Steve Bannon, got a hold of the real estate mogul, and began the process of molding him into the monstrous assault on a democracy, that was up for grabs at the end of the Obama years, Donald Trump evolved into his most basic self — the egomaniacal narcissist with a raging appetite for anything that centers his absolute power.
His controversial path to the highest office in the land began way before his primed announcement, as his archived tweets showcase with tons of references to Barack Obama’s shortcomings, as the first-ever Black president with an un-American name and a murky background that leaves doubt about the validity of his citizenship.
