RACISM/TERRORISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “When Chicago police accused actor Jussie Smollett of fabricating a story about being attacked by MAGA-loving bigots, President Donald Trump was quick to weigh in. ‘What about MAGA and the tens of millions of people you insulted with your racist and dangerous comments!?’ he wrote on Twitter. And when Catholic high school student Nick Sandmann filed a lawsuit against The Washington Post this week over its coverage of last month’s confrontation between the teenager and a Native American elder, Trump couldn’t help himself. ‘Go get them Nick,’ he declared. ‘Fake News!’ But more than 24 hours after news broke that a Coast Guard officer — an avowed white nationalist — was allegedly plotting to kill Democratic politicians and journalists, Trump has, at least so far, not said a word.”
–Andrew Restuccia, “Trump stays silent on media-hating Coast Guard officer,” Politico, February 21, 2019 7:08 pm