Source: Orange County Register
by Thomas Elias
“Even now, six months into President Trump’s second term, there’s a tendency to disregard President Trump’s sometimes fiery rhetoric as mere big talk. Americans ought to know better by now. Iranians certainly do, after Trump sent bunker bombs into their most secure nuclear facility. Similarly, when he ordered Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents into Southern California and told them to ‘do all in their power to … deliver the single largest mass deportation program in history,’ he wasn’t kidding. His order led to weeks of protests in affected areas, demonstrations that made no discernible dent in the president’s plans. This suggests that when Trump employs white supremacist memes in speeches and social media posts, he also means it.” (06/27/25)