Trump’s Bronx Rally Drives Stake in ‘Identity Politics’

For society to progress, for the American Idea or, if you prefer, the American Dream, to be preserved or obtained, identity politics must be eliminated.

People gather for an election rally for former President Donald Trump in Crotona Park, in the South Bronx, in New York City, on May 23, 2024. Spencer Platt/Getty Images

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Wouldn’t it be fascinating, actually tremendously heartening, if the man who was supposedly our most divisive politician was the man who ultimately brought our broken country together—former President Donald J. Trump?