He recently took the mic during a wedding reception at his posh resort to praise himself and excoriate President Biden
Trump did not, of course, invent white supremacy, and not all of his supporters are racists. But as president he certainly encouraged the movement with his inflammatory rhetoric. When neo-Nazis marched carrying tiki torches at the 2017 Unite the Right rally, chanting, “Jews will not replace us,” he not only refused to condemn them but insisted there were “some very fine people on both sides.” At the September 2020 presidential debate, he told the far-right and misogynist Proud Boys to “stand back and stand by.” The group took his words as a rallying cry and emblazoned it on their merchandise.