Do u believe that Donald Trump is making race relations in the US worse ? 💹

I do. It would be rather stupid to ignore his hate filled rhetoric over the past year and pretend that is he is not amplifying the fears of some Americans. And lets also remember his ugly words about the players in the NFL and NBA too.
What do you think. After this latest tragedy here in Pittsburgh, PA, do you believe that Donald Trump is causing some racial tensions to worsen here in the US or even across the globe. Let's talk about it. And while you are at it Google Robert Bowers if you dare. Comments please.

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SW-User

Why would he want to improve race relations? He rode into office by dousing the flames with gasoline. It's a winning issue and strategy for him. It motivates his base when he perpetuates others as the boogeyman, but to quote Billy Joel, he didn't start the fire. It's been burning for ages, and he's just the latest to exploit it. Others have used the strategy, but they've been more nuanced about it. Trump is just so callously ham-fisted that he does it out in the open with bombastic glee.

SW-User

@SW-User I can agree with that. Trump is just so bombastic, that a lot of people forget that Obama's terms were punctuated with a lot of racial animosity.

Zonuss · 41-45, M

@SW-User Its a winning strategy until the hand overplays itself. 🙂

SW-User

@Zonuss The hand has been overplayed, but luckily the Democrats are there to overplay their hand and cancel him out.

SW-User

All Trump did was build on the established "southern strategy" by expanding it to include Hispanics and using it nationally. The fact that it worked says as much about the voting public as it does him. For years, white America kept hearing about how it would no longer be a majority in a generation or so, would lose influence, etc. Trump just tapped into that fear and leveraged it. In other words, the majority of the largest voting block in the country felt marginalized, banded together, and then voted as if they were a minority voting block. This just solidified polarization that has been happening for ages.

So back to your original question, yes.

Zonuss · 41-45, M

@SW-User The same card Trump used to win the 2016 election is the same card that will be his demise. Watch for it. Its coming. 🙂

SW-User

@Zonuss I think so, too. However, it's a pendulum that just swings harder and more to the extremes each cycle. Instead of calm and rational debate and solutions, it will only get worse if someone doesn't manage to stop the pendulum. In the current environment, I just don't see a path where rational civil discourse and compromise lead to solutions. Both sides are currently in their trenches with their bayonets fixed and ready for battle. I honestly don't see this country recovering from this anytime soon.