Trump’s no populist, he’s just a racist | READER COMMENTARY

I find it rather shocking that in his recent commentary (“The United States is divided, but not in the way you think,” May 6), Sam Faddis concludes that Donald Trump doesn’t represent racism, but a populist movement.

What universe has the writer has been residing in over the past 10 years? Just think about some of Trump’s statements and actions: the claims of birtherism against Barack Obama, demonization of immigrants by claiming they’re poisoning the blood of our country, using racist tactics against Gov.