BEIJING, July 15 (Bian Lei) Recently, US President Trump was once again criticized for "saying the wrong thing".
This time, Trump’s remarks were accused of racism, and House Speaker Pelosi even said that the president hoped to "make America change again ‘ White ’ " .
[What did Trump say? 】
On July 14, Trump sent three tweets on the social networking site "Twitter", which caused public outrage:
"See these ‘ Progress ’ It’s really interesting that women members of the Democratic Party originally came from completely broken countries, which are the worst, most corrupt and incompetent countries in the world … …”
"The United States is the greatest and most powerful country on earth. Now, they are telling the American people loudly and with hostility how the government should operate. Why don’t they go back to help their completely broken and crime-ridden motherland? "
"Then come back and tell us how they did it. Those places need their help so badly that they can’t leave quickly. I believe Pelosi is happy to make free travel arrangements quickly! "
The Associated Press said that Trump’s remarks were directed at four female members of the Democratic minority. Last week, two of them also condemned the poor conditions in the immigration detention camp on the US-Mexico border.
However, these four people are not from a "broken country" as Trump said. Only Congressman Omar was born overseas, and the remaining three people, Presley, Cortes and Treb, are all native-born Americans. Omar and Treeb are also two Islamic women who served as members of the House of Representatives for the first time in the history of the US Congress.
Some American media asked the White House to confirm whether Trump knew the situation of these four people, but the White House has not yet responded.
In fact, this is not the first time Trump has been approved to hold a "racist" view. At the beginning of his political career, he claimed that Obama was not born in the United States. In 2015, when Trump launched the presidential campaign, he even called Mexican immigrants "rapists".
[Triggering a swarm again]
In fact, the four Democrats named by Trump have recently become the focus of media attention because they disagree with Pelosi. Earlier, Pelosi wanted to reduce the influence of one of the ethnic minority parliamentarians, who accused her of this move to marginalize ethnic minority women.
On July 12th, Trump rarely defended Pelosi, calling her "not a racist". However, Pelosi did not appreciate it. After Trump sent the above three tweets on the 14th, she quickly pointed her finger at Trump.
Pelosi said that Trump’s remarks were xenophobic and "aimed at splitting our country" and "once again confirmed his plan to make America great again, that is, to make America change again ‘ White ’ " .
At the same time, the "detained" members were not to be outdone and quickly condemned Trump’s remarks.
Cortes said: "Mr. President, the country where I come from and the country where we took the oath are both the United States." "You are angry because you can’t imagine an America that can tolerate us. You rely on a frightened America to realize your plunder. "
Another party, Presley, posted a screenshot of Trump’s tweet and said, "This is what racism looks like … … We’re not going anywhere. In addition to returning to Washington, fight for those families who are marginalized and slandered by you. "
In addition, on social networking sites, someone created a topic tag of "# trumpisarist", which attracted the attention of netizens. Some netizens even thought that the first lady Melania was born overseas (Slovenian), and "hit back" Trump’s words and deeds.
What is the intention of Trump’s remarks? Some commentators said that it was to further divide the disputes within the Democratic Party when these female parliamentarians and Pelosi had different political views.
However, this move did not seem to be effective, but contributed to the unity of the Democratic Party: Democrats in the House of Representatives all supported the four female members, claiming that Trump’s speech repeated his "xenophobic" remarks about other non-white immigrants.
[torn America]
The turmoil caused by Trump’s three tweets has also brought the topic of racism in the United States back to people’s sight.
The New York Times issued a document on the 14th saying that "Trump’s tweet proves that he is an angry racist"; CNN also commented on the 15th that Trump’s latest public racist remarks are not surprising at all.
"Unfortunately, the United States has such a tradition of telling people to go back where they came from," new york Mayor Bill de Blasio, a Democratic presidential candidate, said in an interview with CNN on 14th. "But you don’t want to hear these words from the president.".
The United States is a multi-racial and multicultural country composed of immigrants, but since the first batch of African blacks were transported to the New World in 1619, the problem of racial discrimination has been deeply rooted.
In recent years, the former owner of the NBA Clippers was forced to sell his team because of his alleged racism. Luxury brands Prada and Gucci were boycotted by Hollywood directors; Biden, the US presidential candidate and Democratic Congressman, has a declining support rate … …
On the whole, ethnic minorities are still vulnerable in the United States, and racist violence and demonstrations have long existed. According to the data released by the FBI at the end of 2018, hate crimes in the United States have increased for three consecutive years, and the most common motive is hatred of race or descent.
Some media even pointed out that the recent US government’s iron-fisted measures against American and Mexican immigrants and the encirclement and interception of illegal immigrants are further tearing the United States and becoming an irreparable pain.
Will the trauma of racism in the United States be further deepened? People are worried.