Former President Donald Trump has adopted rhetoric on the campaign trail experts have warned is startlingly close to that found in Adolf Hitler's "Mein Kampf," claiming that unauthorized immigrants are "poisoning the blood" of America.
But far from being shamed into backing down, sources tell Rolling Stone that Trump plans to go out of his way to ramp up use of the rhetoric, specifically to get a rise out of the media and the left.
"'He wants the media to choke on his words,' one of these sources says," reported Asawin Suebsaeng and Tim Dickinson. "'The [former] president said he’s going to keep doing it, he’s going to keep saying they’re poisoning the blood of the nation and destroying and killing the country … He says it’s a ‘great line.' (Trump has been publicly using this specific phrase since at least September.)"
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"According to the second source, Trump said in recent days that he was being 'too nice' about the 'animals' and alleged gang members who cross the southern border, whom Trump routinely accuses of flooding the United States with drugs, diseases, and violent crime," the report continued. "This person relays to Rolling Stone that Trump also said he and his campaign will be rolling out newer, even 'tougher' policy proposals on immigration in 2024, and that his supporters should look out for them because they’ll be 'very happy.'"
Already Trump, who was infamous for his family separation border policy while in office, has unveiled a list of harsh new plans, including deploying troops to the border, reinstating his Muslim travel ban, and building new detention camps for migrants.
So far, Republicans have broadly either avoided condemning Trump's rhetoric, or in the case of some figures like Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), outright defended it.
