Ɖ Gardịn vy on Trump n p’liticl vayḷns: mor ɖn wrdz
Transcription of a Guardian editorial of 16 June 2023
Ɖo xtrimist grūps r undr rnyd preśr, ɖ ʈret ɖe pǒz hz nt dis’pird
Frîde, 16 Jūn 2023
Lîc Jo Bîdn’z asent t ɖ Ẃît Hǎs, Doṇld Trump’s indîtmnt fr unlwḟli holdñ claṣfaid dokmnts n obstructñ justis ofrz a parśl ansr t wn gret qsćn v Americn poḷtics: cn ɖ cuntri’z insttyśnz cnten hiz xesz?
Ɖ baclaś ɖt ɖ indîtmnt hz promtd hîlîts anɖr: ẃt hapnz ẃn ɖe d? Ẃn ɖ Deṃcrat dfitd him, Mr Trump’s armd s’portrz stormd ɖ Cápitl t privnt ɖ transfr v pǎr, asōltñ p’līs ofisrz n ćantñ “Hañ Mîc Pns”. Wɖn minits v hiz indîtmnt last wīc, ʈrets n īvn cōlz fr sivl wor wr srjñ on sośl-mīdia platformz yzd bî hiz s’portrz.
Ɖ vayḷnt reṭric dz’nt jst cm fṛm ɖ grasrūts. Ɖ Aṛzona Rpublicn Cari Lec anǎnst ɖt “t gt t Prezidnt Trump, y’r gwñ t hv t g ʈru m, n y’r gwñ t hv t g ʈru 75 miłn Americnz jst lîc m … Most v s r card-cariyñ membrz v ɖ NRA [Naśnl Rîfl Asośieśn].” Mr Trump himslf prīvịsli wornd v “deʈ n dstrux́n” f h wr indîtd in a sepṛt ces, ovr huśmuni pemnts.
Hiz blustr at sć tîmz z intndd t dtŕ ax́n agnst him – dspt ɖ xtrordnri ces pt fwd in ɖ indîtmnt, includñ ɖ nǎ-fmiłr foto v boxz stact in a baʈrūm. It z criticl t avôd hstiria or fêṭlizm abt ɖ ʈrets fesñ YS dmocṛsi. It z tru ɖt ɖ dîrist pṛgnosṭceśnz dd nt cm t pas aftr ɖ 2020 ilex́n.
Nnɖles, last yir, rsrć faund ɖt mor ɖn tū in fîv Americnz ʈnc a sivl wor z at līst smẃt lîcli wɖn ɖ nxt deced. Ɖ numbr hu ʈnc vayḷns wd b jusṭfaid t rstor Mr Trump t ɖ Ẃît Hǎs hz fōḷn sins last yir, bt stl standz at 12 miłn. An incrisñli dvîdd cuntri z olso incrisñli wel armd, wɖ olmst 400m prîṿtli hld gunz; ɖer ǒnrz r dispṛporśṇtli ẃît, mel n Rpublicn. Acordñ t wn studi, olmst 3% v adults, or 7.5 miłn ppl, bòt a fîrarm fr ɖ frst tîm btwn Jańri 2019 n Epril 2021.
A slu v aṇlists hv wornd ɖt ɖ YS cd b hedñ twdz wîdspred p’liticl vayḷns. Pṛf. Barbra Wōltr nots in hr bc Hǎ Sivl Worz Start ɖt tū cndiśnz r ci: eʈnic fax́ṇlizm n anocṛsi – ẃn a cuntri z nɖr fŭli deṃcratic nr fŭli ōṭcratic. Ś b’livz ɖt ɖ YS hz ɖ frst, n rmenz clos t ɖ secnd, īvn f ɖ śort-trm ʈret hz ebd smẃt sins 2021. Uɖrz hv pld bac fṛm wornñz v sivl wor, bt ʈnc mejr sivl dsrupśn z intîrli plōzibl.
Nwn fōrsīz a stret confṛnteśn btwn forsz az in ɖ 1860z, let alon a jịgrafic split. Ẃt sm xprts fir z a g’ríla-stîl esimetric conflict wejd bî a dsntṛlîzd muvmnt, wɖ smōl grūps or lon atacrz tarġtñ mnoṛtitargits sć az siṇgogz or gêclubz, siviłnz mor brōdli, infṛstrucćr, or figrz sć az Deṃcratic poḷtiśnz, jujz n ilex́n’fiślz. Trumpizm wd b bst unḍstd nt az ɖ aṇmetñ prínsipl v sć a conflict, bt az a caṭlist. Ppl wd nt b fîtñ fr Mr Trump so mć az fîtñ bcz ɖe b’livd h spouc fr ɖm. N f nt him, anɖr figrhed mt yt imrj.
No vayḷns brouc ǎt at ɖ indîtmnthírñ in Mîami, az sm hd fird. Ci figrz on ɖ xtrim rît r nǎ loct p: mor ɖn 1,000 ppl hv bn ćarjd wɖ ofnsz rletñ t Jańri 6, n hundṛdz v ɖoz impriznd. Uɖrz rportidli fīl ɖt Mr Trump hz abandnd ɖm. Nnɖles, ɖ groʈ v ʈrets n p’liticl vayḷns in rīsnt yirz z undinaybl. Ɖt ɖ lanḡj v Mr Trump n hiz ineblrz mcs ɖz mor lîcli z śrli, bî nǎ, bynd dǎt.
