The sexist racism of Trump vs. two powerful Black women

Donald J. Trump is a man cornered.

- Mary Sanchez

Four criminal cases, a total of 91 felony counts, await the former president.

And although he will most certainly amp up the velocity, shrieking about the unfairness of it all, he’s trapped himself.

He’s spent much of his lifetime germinating a sense of privilege that underlies virtually every charge he faces.

Not satisfied with the outcome of the 2020 presidential election? Strongarm officials to “find” votes. A little less than 12,000 in Georgia will do.

Angered that one of the many women who’ve accused him of boorish and unwanted sexual advances won a $5 million fine in civil court? Flip the tables and try to claim that it was him who was defamed by the woman, the writer E. Jean Carroll. A judge has already dismissed this nonsense from Trump.

For much of his 77 years, Trump has cultivated a belief that the rules of civil society do not apply to him.

Sadly, far too many people have allowed it, continuing to stoke his outsized and dangerous ego.

Remember, he’s the man who bragged he could shoot someone in the middle of New York’s 5th Avenue and not lose votes. He’s not wrong. The man still leads the GOP’s field of presidential candidates.

But Trump’s form of entitlement is often delivered in toxic swirls of sexism and racism. This brand, among his most practiced, is about to be challenged in ways he hasn’t previously faced.

It’s life full circle that two African American women will be at the forefront of Trump finally being forced to defend some of his most serious offenses – his attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election.