Is Trump Especially Divisive?
It depends on what you mean. Certainly, he trolls a lot of people on the left, and he certainly triggers an abnormally large number of liberals who find his style of politics grossly offensive.
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But if you listen to what he says carefully, in almost every case of Trump's "divisive" and trolling statements about his domestic political adversaries, he is punching at people with cultural or political clout, not average Democrats. He makes fun of prominent celebrities, politicians, and media figures, but to the best of my recollection, he does not target the average member of the Democratic Party.
All of American history started 5 minutes ago, folks. https://t.co/ohBEp9z0c7 pic.twitter.com/e1fVCgYM6N
— Scott Jennings (@ScottJenningsKY) May 27, 2025
Perhaps that is why Trump has been building a coalition that includes a large number of former Democrats who now feel homeless in their former party.
Flashback to 2016:
“You could put half of Trump's supporters into what I call the basket of deplorables.”
— Hillary Clinton https://t.co/68xoUY0FY5 pic.twitter.com/fU4rWgfe0D
— The Rabbit Hole (@TheRabbitHole84) October 30, 2024
Conversely, the attacks on Trump have not only been directed at him personally, but rather at his entire coalition. Trump supporters--indeed, almost every Republican, has been called "deplorable," "garbage," "bitter clingers," Nazis, fascists, racist, sexist, and alphabetphobic.
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