Published in Der Spiegel
(Germany) on 11 April 2020
by Kerstin Kullmann, Guido Mingels, Ralf Neukirch, Philipp Oehmke, René Pfister, Marc Pitzke und Michael Sauga (link to
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For a nation founded on massacres of Native Americans and centuries-long African slave ownership, the lurch towards racism under Trump is not surprising.
What perhaps remains unresolved, is how long the American electorate will allow Trump to reduce their country into a paranoia state, an empire of appalling tantrums and ragtag diplomacy.