Trump’s remarks, which he read from a teleprompter, were laced with the kind of global conspiracies and invective common in the writings of the alternative-right, white-nationalist activists who see him as their champion. Some critics also heard echoes of historical anti-Semitic slurs in Trump’s allegations that Clinton “meets in secret with international banks to plot the destruction of U.S. sovereignty” and that media and financial elites were part of a soulless cabal out to destroy “our great civilization.”
“It’s a global power structure that is responsible for the economic decisions that have robbed our working class, stripped our country of its wealth and put that money into the pockets of a handful of large corporations and political entities,” Trump said.
The speech bore the imprint of Stephen K. Bannon, the Trump campaign’s chief executive, who until recently was the executive chairman of Breitbart, a conservative website that serves as the virtual town square of the alt-right movement.
Jonathan Greenblatt, chief executive of the Anti-Defamation League, tweeted that Trump “should avoid rhetoric and tropes that historically have been used against Jews” and “keep hate out of campaign.”
The Full Story (October 13, 2016)
Editor's Note: For more examples of Trump mining conspiracy theories from the racist alt-right and white nationalist fringes, please read,
- Talking Points Memo: Trump Warns Of Dark Conspiracy By Clinton, Media, And International Banks by Matt Shuham (October 13, 2016)
- Talking Points Memo: Wacky Far-Right Theory For Trump Tape Leak Gets Mainstream Play by Tierney Sneed (October 13, 2016)
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