I love Kolbert's statement about "iceists." That was cool. Kolbert's segment is wonderfully entertaining, but, he identifies a very serious issue with the way Trump speaks about people unable to defend themselves.
Donald Trump has more hate speech than any type of conciliatory tone. He chooses manufactured images and not facts or reality. The images he manufactures have real victims. The people at the end of his hateful images are powerless over his victimization of their lives.
A favorite of Trump's victims are Muslims characterized as terrorists. Not even the former President of the USA, following real attacks against the American people on September 11, 2001, ever once issued a travel ban. He demanded the USA intelligence community address the gaps of security at airports. The former President George W. Bush did not seek to create victims so much as FIND those that are actual threats. "W" wanted to end the threat, not create more victims of al Qaeda's particular form of terrorism.
In many ways, Trump has befriended al Qaeda in using it's terror techniques to further his political career. As President, that is a strange way of approaching policy.
I think Stephen Colbert's assessment is daring and brave. I applaud his willingness to be a humorist with an impact.
