Image courtesy of VICEMigrants. Trans people. Trading partners. Law firms. The media. Academia. Trump has attacked all of these and spread fear and uncertainty quite literally across the world.With so much vying for the headlines these days, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed by his assaults. But there’s a common denominator at work that can help us cut through the noise.We already know that every accusation by Trump is a confession. That’s why he yammers on about the MS-13 gang in El Salvador. Kilmar Abrego García, now deported to a prison in that country due to “administrative error,” originally fled that country precisely because gangs were exploiting a lawless situation to extort his family’s business there. They threatened to harm or kill Abrego García if his family didn’t pay up.And when you think about it, that’s exactly what Trump is doing here in the U.S. Whether it’s imposing punishing tariffs, stripping
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