Putting lives in danger: Trump’s vile Phoenix speech was terrifying — and the result could be tragicIt was the political equivalent of watching a toilet or cesspool overflow, where instead of running away in disgust, Trump’s supplicants enthusiastically wallowed and frolicked in the waste

Putting lives in danger: Trump’s vile Phoenix speech was terrifying — and the result could be tragic

In Phoenix, Trump gave one of the most violent, vicious and repugnant speeches in modern U.S. political history by Chauncey Devga and The Atlantic Magazine (Republished with Permission from Both)

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at the Phoenix Convention Center, Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2016, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)(Credit: AP)

The American corporate news media owes the world an apology. Donald Trump — a man whose politics have more in common with the loudmouth drunk at the local tavern who rages aloud about “those people” and “minorities” — is one step away from becoming the president of the United States. Without a platform Donald Trump is but a nuisance and pitiful curiosity. By giving him $3 billion in free advertising, the American corporate news media transformed Donald Trump into a demagogue.

Since he won the Republican presidential nomination, the American corporate news media has desperately tried to normalize Donald Trump’s presidential campaign. To that end, the cable news networks have devoted many hours of coverage to Trump’s “pivot” back to the “mainstream” and how he would inevitably have to moderate his voice in order to win over “middle America” and the “average voter.”

Last week the chattering classes and “smart people” were excited about Trump’s promise to launch an “outreach” campaign to African-Americans and Latinos. On Wednesday Donald Trump traveled to Mexico to meet with President Peña Nieto. Voices in the American corporate news media then fawned over Trump. The trip allowed him to look “presidential.” He was “softening” his positions on illegal immigration. The great “pivot” had finally arrived. Trump could now be put into the familiar and comfortable “horse race” model of American campaigns and elections; he was now a “normal” presidential candidate.

Trump, the consummate showman, carnival barker and professional wrestling villain would swerve the American corporate news media once again. Several hours after returning from Mexico to a rabid crowd of supporters in Phoenix, he would give one of the most violent, vicious, vile and repugnant speeches in modern American political history. It was the political equivalent of watching a toilet or cesspool overflow, where instead of running away in disgust, Trump’s supplicants enthusiastically wallowed and frolicked in the waste.