Fault lines in the US are there for all to see
Originally published in The National,
Last week, much of the international media was up in arms about the comments of Donald Trump, who suggested an indefinite ban on Muslims from entering the US. But it would be foolish to declare Mr Trump as an outlier in American political life. On the contrary, the Republican debate aired on Tuesday showed that Mr Trump’s engagement in fear-mongering and rabble-rousing is a favourite tactic among many of the Republican front runners. That is dangerous, regardless of who wins the nomination, or who eventually becomes US president.
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H A Hellyer, “Fault lines in the US are there for all to see,” The National, 17 December 2015, https://www.thenationalnews.com/opinion/fault-lines-in-the-us-are-there-for-all-to-see-1.108691.
Hellyer, H. A. (2015, December 17). Fault lines in the US are there for all to see. The National. https://www.thenationalnews.com/opinion/fault-lines-in-the-us-are-there-for-all-to-see-1.108691
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