[tsimionescu]

The only way the media is making Trump look divisive is by reporting his words.

He has called fascists good people. He has called Mexican immigrants rapists. He has called other countries shitholes. He has recognized the illegal move by Israel to have Jerusalem as their capital (one of the only countries in the world to do so!). He refuses to endorse BLM, one of the largest popular movements in decades, and has sent armed forces to crash peaceful protests. He has escalated deportations even more. He has continued and increased Obama's assassination programs in the middle east, even assassinating a high foreign dignitary on another country's soil. He has repeatedly downplayed and refused to manage the greatest medical and economic emergency in almost 100 years, with consequences that will be visible for the next 20 years.

[crusso]

He has called fascists good people. He has called Mexican immigrants rapists

I'm not a fan of Trump's personality, but on HN, can't we be intellectually honest about politics?

The statements above are not in fact what he said if you allow him any honest amount of context.

[tsimionescu]

Maybe the fascists one is a little ambiguous. I believe that he meant exactly what I said, but I admit that other rational people can believe otherwise.

But for the second one he has stated 'When Mexico sends its people, they’re not sending their best. They’re not sending you. They’re not sending you. They’re sending people that have lots of problems, and they’re bringing those problems with us. They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists. And some, I assume, are good people.' I don't know how you can read this other than as a statement that most Mexican immigrants are drug delaers/users, criminals or rapists.

[tim333]

Not a Trump fan but by "...rapists. And some, I assume, are good people" he no doubt meant some were rapist not all, which is factually correct. Trump says so much bad stuff that twisting his words only really weakens the opposition case.

[tsimionescu]

That expression clearly implies that MOST immigrants are drug dealers, criminals, or rapists - and that he can only assume that a few of them must also be good people (he can't know for sure that any are, though, he can only assume it - implying he has only seen the drug dealers, criminals, and rapists).