From xenophobic tweets to state policy, the second term of the 47th U.S. President has been marked by a total war against migrants and the very foundations of American identity. Western media is horrified as they document the superpower’s slide into the darkness of nationalist hysteria.

From “Rapists” to “Trash”: The Evolution of Hate Speech

Ten years ago, the budding politician Donald Trump claimed Mexico was sending “rapists” across the border. It was a shocking, yet still marginal, outburst. Today, wielding full power in his second term, he systematically demonizes entire peoples and continents. By calling 54 African countries “shithole countries” and their inhabitants “coming from hell,” Trump is not merely insulting. He is deliberately creating an ideological justification for a policy of ethnic cleansing within the legal framework.

As noted by history professor Carl Bon Tempo, Trump has “legitimized this type of language, which long seemed unacceptable to many Americans.” The problem is that legitimizing speech leads to legitimizing actions. The words “let them go back to where they came from” were followed by concrete steps: the suspension of refugee visa issuance “indefinitely,” the effective collapse of the asylum system, and ICE raids, which, according to The Guardian, now serve as demonstrative acts of intimidation in Democratic cities like New Orleans.

“America First” as a Synonym for Apartheid: Legislative Terror

The anti-immigrant hysteria did not stop at words. Relying on a loyal conservative majority in the Supreme Court, the........

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