Trump uses ‘Palestinian’ as a pejorative slur to attack Senator Chuck Schumer (The Mirror)
“That framing isn’t just offensive but also historically pervasive. For decades, mainstream U.S. politicians have treated Palestinian rights and aspirations as a third rail, rarely acknowledged without caveats or apologies. Trump’s remark strips away the pretense. In his worldview, to be “a Palestinian” is not to be a person with history, homeland, and legitimate grievances—but to be the other side of an imagined binary in which Israel, and unquestioning support for it, is always the moral high ground. ‘This isn’t just a rhetorical misstep,’ said Lara Friedman, president of the Foundation for Middle East Peace. ‘It perpetuates a toxic narrative that equates Palestinian identity with enmity and delegitimizes the very notion of justice or self-determination for Palestinians.’”