Racist in Chief
Johnson was chosen as Lincoln's vice-president because he was a Democrat and a Southerner, although a Unionist (in 1964, Lincoln technically ran with the Unionist Party). When he became president upon Lincoln's assassination, it soon became apparent that he was in over his head. His first speech, some said, was given while he was drunk. Congress was full of Republicans, some of them radical, and Johnson's idea of reconstruction was to give in to the South.
He was also a coarse man. When he said something blunt and outrageous. Someone asked him if that was dignified. "I care not for dignity," he replied.
Above all, he was perhaps the most racist president we've ever had (Woodrow Wilson is the other contender). He openly thought of blacks as inferior and sub-human, and didn't think they were capable of voting (this from a man who was illiterate until his wife taught him to read). He was impeached, the first to be so (Bill Clinton was the second) but escaped conviction by one vote. He battled everyone, including Grant.
While reading these chapters I thought of Donald Trump. Many accuse him of being racist. There are many clues to believe that. He got his start in business at his father's side, discouraging black people from applying for apartments in Trump properties. He has allegedly used the "n" word (no tape has surfaced, though), has expressed surprise that white people are on welfare, calls African nations "shithole countries," and seems to believe that Mexicans and other Hispanics who come into our country illegally are murderers and rapists, while expressing disappointment that more Norwegians won't come here (why would they?)
This week Trump added more fuel to his racist fire for strangely attacking LeBron James. In a tweet, Trump attacked both reporter Don Lemon and James. Trump called Lemon the "dumbest man on TV," and said that he made James sound intelligent, which is "difficult to do." He has also called Maxine Waters "a very low IQ person." And of course he called the white supremacists who gathered in Charlottesville "fine people," while referring to Colin Kaepernick as a "son of a bitch." Trump may not mind hanging around black people, but he seems to think they are naturally stupid.
The funny thing about all this is that any intelligent person can listen to Trump speak extemporaneously and known that he himself must have a low IQ. He doesn't read, and his grasp of English syntax is somewhere at a sub-fifth grade level. He daily displays his ignorance, such as claiming that there's not enough water to fight wildfires because it's being sent to the Pacific Ocean. There is plenty of water, that's not the problem. The problem is lack of rain, which is a by-product of global warming.
James has thrilled many people on the basketball court and recently did something that will make his legacy even greater, opening a school that is completely free, and guarantees graduates will go to college. Instead of spending money on a golden toilet, James is putting his money where his mouth is and helping the community he came from. He has received credit from everyone, except our stupid, racist president.
If an IQ test were given to all four, I suspect Waters, James, and Lemon would vie for the top, while Trump would be about twenty points behind.
Is Trump racist? Of course he is. He joins Johnson and Wilson as the most racist of all our presidents.
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