On the struggle to call Trump what is he is

The president is a white supremacist. I can't believe we're even arguing about it.

This is The Long Version, a newsletter by Jonathan M. Katz:

Donald Trump is racist. I’d love to say I don’t know why we have to keep affirming this most basic of basic facts, but I do: It’s because he’s the president of the United States. For those with a crumb of power, pissing off the president can seem like a good way to lose it.

For a lot of (mostly w…