President Trump welcomed the British monarch King Charles III to the White House yesterday and gave a speech that, on its surface, expressed warmth between the two countries. But its true purpose was darker. Trump's speech stamped his imprimatur on an ascendant view of American history and politics'one that is controversial even on the American right, and that walks up to the edge of white nationalism. The analysis Trump endorsed is that America is defined not by its founding values but by its Anglo-Saxon cultural and genetic heritage. This idea has radical consequences, some of which have already manifested under the administration. Trump's sentiment was unmistakable. 'Long before Americans had a nation or a constitution, we first had a culture, a character, and a creed,' he said, proceeding to depict the Founders not as rebels against the English crown but instead its loyal heirs: 'Their veins ran with Anglo-Saxon courage. Their hearts beat with an English faith in standing firm...
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