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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Robert Tait in Washington

Trump’s toxic, racist video surpasses previous levels of debasement

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Donald Trump with Barack Obama at Jimmy Carter’s funeral in Washington last year. Photograph: Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images

It is a singular if highly dubious distinction of Donald Trump’s pungent contribution to the political discourse to have essentially bankrupted the English language’s capacity for outrage.

So unremitting and extreme have been the avalanche of affronts since Trump descended the golden escalator in Trump Tower in 2015 to declare his presidential candidacy that even his most ardent critics have become desensitized, leading to a level of shock fatigue.

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