Dickson C. Igwe. Photo: VINO/File

Western Europe will have to choose sides as Trump Type populists rise up and take power on that beleaguered continent. World War 3 will start with internal US politics

Tariffs, mass deportations, and an insular and xenophobe USA does not bode well for the world. As social and wealth inequality, rises, with the establishment of a Donald Trump oligarchy of aggressive and far right- wing billionaires, there will be cause and effect.  

A look at Donald Trump’s appointees offers a glimpse into the future. Minorities will be humiliated and demeaned as the new Trump cabinet portrays. Mass deportations will leave great anger in the hearts of yet to be affected Latinos.

The Civil War of the 1860s restarted in the era of Trump as the Left gained power, symbolized in the Barack Obama Presidency and a Kamala Harris vice Presidency.

Confederate warriors have decided enough is enough. Racists have placed on the throne the best man to reverse decades of Civil Rights gains. Blacks sleeping in the White House was a step too far. Today, the ghost of Jim Crow is grinning from ear to ear.

The problem for these Confederates is that it is simply too late to put the genie back in the bottle. The result will be 4 years of silent civil war with the left fighting the right below the parapet, with guile and stealth at every instance. It is not going to be an easy time.

Racial conflict will rise to the top. Impunity, with white cops and the KKK inflicting hateful crimes on black communities will increase. There will be race riots and a lack of cooperation with the status quo. However, blacks were warned, and instead, marched to the ballot box and placed their enemy in power. Arabs dare not protest against Israel on American campuses or face armed guards willing to shoot.

America’s enemies know now is the time to go on the offensive in the Middle East and the Pacific however. The best enemy is the divided enemy.

As I warned in the previous story, there will not be a single black of significance in Trump’s cabinet. That is a symbol of the next four years. I stand with the Caribbean Cliché’: those who do not hear will feel.