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The Trump Review: Part 14

Massacres in Texas and Ohio, a Greenland land grab and a Sharpie-altered weather map

In the 14th instalment of our series recapping an unprecedented presidency, Joe Sommerlad looks at the president’s bickering with local officials after two more mass shootings and further peaks of absurdity

Wednesday 13 January 2021 17:18 GMT
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Trump presenting his own weather map complete with Alabama looped in by Sharpie
Trump presenting his own weather map complete with Alabama looped in by Sharpie

Donald Trump’s racist attack on Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib and Ayanna Pressley was followed on 3 August 2019 by two horrific mass shootings in the space of 24 hours, the latest reminder that his rhetoric could have tragic consequences.

In El Paso, Texas, 21-year-old gunman Patrick Crusius marched into a Walmart, largely frequented by Hispanic customers, at 10.40am and shot dead 23 people, injuring as many more.

Crusius was later found to have posted a white nationalist manifesto on 8chan warning of “the Great Replacement” and echoing language used by the president, notably regarding the country facing an “invasion” by Latino migrants.

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