Trump’s America is a fantasy world. It’s like a more racist Oz, where the giant head gesticulating in front of the curtain is the Trump-Wizard’s only true form.
And he has, clearly, an active imagination. He dreamed up a fierce Civil War battle and a “River of Blood” and even put a commemorative plaque on the spot where this great big nothing happened.
I am not usually one to object to living in the fantasy realms created by other people’s imaginations. I own too many lightsabers for that objection to carry much weight.
But Trump’s world is not a place anyone should want to live. And his fantastic vision has nasty, real-world consequences, from the Black Lives Matter protester roughed up (deservedly, said Trump) at a Trump rally, to the Islamophobes emboldened by his visions of religious registries and immigration bans. This fantasy world is spilling over into our reality and it is ugly.
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