President Trump's Cabinet applauded him this week after he described Somali immigrants as "garbage" who "contribute nothing."
- The president unapologetically condemned an entire community on the basis of ethnicity — with no fear of political backlash.
Why it matters: Guardrails against racist, xenophobic or dehumanizing rhetoric have all but vanished on the American right. What was once disqualifying — or the exclusive domain of online trolls — is now a fixture of national political discourse.
