From ‘hell’ to ‘lynching,’ Donald Trump presides over a coarsening of American politics

WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump unleashed a gusher of foul language, referring to himself as a “son of a b—,” claiming that Joe Biden was a good vice president only because “he understood how to kiss Barack Obama’s a—,” and saying “hell” 18 times — and that was all in a single campaign rally. At another rally the following night, Trump denigrated Biden’s son, Hunter, for his struggles with substance abuse and called him a “loser,” while also declaring that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., “hates the United States of America.” And just this week, Trump declared that the House impeachment inquiry was a “lynching” — equating his political troubles with the systematic murders of Black people by racist white mobs. Trump, who long ago busted traditional standards for civil discourse and presidential behaviour, has taken his harsh rhetoric and divisive tactics to a new level since impeachment proceedings began a month ago — and he appears to be pulling a significant part of the country along with him. A number of Republicans, for example, defended Trump’s lynching comparison, pointing to past uses of the metaphor by Biden and other Democrats. The Trump campaign is selling “Where’s Hunter?” T-shirts for $25, while… Read full this story

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