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A Crisis of Trump's Own Making

By Jim Wallis
President Donald Trump delivers a televised address to the nation from his desk in the Oval Office. Jan. 8, 2019. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
Jan 9, 2019
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First, racism is always based on lies; it always has been and always will be. We saw that again in Donald Trump’s address to the nation on Tuesday. It was more of the same lies he has used since he announced his presidential candidacy in 2015. He used his lies last night to try to justify his border wall, the signature issue of his political campaign and administration, which people on both sides of the aisle have said has nothing to do with border security and everything to do with Donald Trump’s central message: You should fear people who aren’t white. The wall would be Donald Trump’s 2,200-mile monument to white supremacy. As I have said before, in Trump’s political campaign he become the Chief Tempter of America’s Original Sin. Now as president, he has become the Chief Defender of America’s Original Sin.

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President Donald Trump delivers a televised address to the nation from his desk in the Oval Office. Jan. 8, 2019. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

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