(THREAD) Trump is pulls directly from Southerners' and Slave apologists' playbook. In the late 1850s, southerners and Senators like Stephen Douglas argued the North was manufacturing a crisis. They argued for popular sovereignty (silent majority) as a means to expand slavery.

Today, Trump claims that the media is out to get him, manufacturing stories. He claims he never was briefed on issues putting American troops at risk... Trump ~accidentally~ and repeatedly uses racist and hateful rhetoric. He panders to an audience that is divisive and hateful.

He gaslights. He lies. He has no leadership qualities. It is time Americans see him for what he is. A feckless thug, who cares about himself, and not the wellbeing of any Americans.