Opinion: Trump’s stunning embrace of slavery’s symbols will backfire

It’s a sight to behold: Donald Trump, the US President, rising up to protect the symbols of the most shameful parts of America’s past, punching back against his collapsing poll numbers with a new campaign aimed to appeal to his most racist supporters and hoping to expand that core by creating more divisions and more fear.

It’s a sight to behold: Donald Trump, the US President, rising up to protect the symbols of the most shameful parts of America’s past, punching back against his collapsing poll numbers with a new campaign aimed to appeal to his most racist supporters and hoping to expand that core by creating more divisions and more fear.