PHOTO: Donald Trump with chief strategist Steve Bannon
I spoke with Victoria Derbyshire of BBC TV on Wednesday morning about Donald Trump’s relationship with the “alt-right” movement.
The interview comes amid media attention to some of the racist — and even National Socialist — images of a faction led by Richard Spencer, and to connections between Trump’s chief strategist, Steve Bannon, with the alt-right.
The discussion looks at the “alt-right”, takes apart Trump’s response, and considers what action should be taken to deal with the movement.
The “alt-right” is an euphemism for white supremacy — let’s call it what it is. This is a movement which we have seen in the new media age, but which taps into older movements. For example, where I grew up, we had White Citizens Leagues. We had an outfit called the Ku Klux Klan.
And it is not separate from Trump’s campaign. It is there through Steve Bannon, who said that Breitbart News [where he was editor] is a platform for the alt-right.
Trump was being either naive or deceptive in his interview with The New York Times [where he “disavowed” the alt-right].
