US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump uses the angst of segments of the American society who see their standard of living falling to fuel his campaign, says Professor Dennis Etler, who has a decades-long interest in politics.
Etler, a professor of Anthropology at Cabrillo College in Aptos, California, told Press TV on Sunday that there is genuine disgust among many segments of the US population regarding the candidacy of Trump, but Hillary Clinton is disingenuous in criticizing the billionaire for his antics.
Speaking in St. Louis on Saturday, Democratic presidential frontrunner and former Secretary of State Clinton accused her Republican rival of inciting violence with “ugly, divisive rhetoric.”
“The ugly, divisive rhetoric we are hearing from Donald Trump and the encouragement of violence and aggression is wrong, and it’s dangerous,” Clinton said. “If you play with matches, you’re going to start a fire you can’t control. That’s not…