The Colorblind Impeachment of Donald J. Trump Is Pathetic
Nancy Pelosi wore black to the impeachment vote, but Donald J. Trump and his impeachment are all about whiteness. Politicians say impeachment is sad, but a colorblind impeachment of Trump is pathetic.
There’s no way to impeach Trump without impeaching whiteness because Trump is thoroughly white: Trump’s father was a white German; Trump is a real estate mogul and whiteness itself is property; Trump switched from the Democratic Party to the Republican Party; Trump’s voters voted for whiteness; Trump employs white supremacists; Trump has the support of white supremacists; Trump redirected resources away from white domestic terrorism; Trump supports white policies, and Trump relies on lies, slurs, and state power — to include a state power in the Caucasus region — for his relevancy. The Kavanaugh-like opposition to Trump’s impeachment is white-hot because Trump is, as Ta-Nehisi Coates wrote, the first white president.
The House of Representatives impeached Trump for doing what whiteness does: It abuses power, it obstructs, and it interferes in US elections. Even Trump’s ‘defenses’ are white — he did nothing wrong; it doesn’t matter that he benefits politically from Ukraine’s state power to denigrate his opponent…
