This is actually very on brand for trump and his supporters. Not sure why everyone is shocked.
PROTECT YOUR NEIGHBOR.
Rhetoric like this coming from authority always results in violence towards the vulnerable parties being attacked - it was true in the American Southeast in the 1830s, in California in the 1840s and 50s, in Germany in the 1930s and 40s and in Bosnia and Rwanda in the 1990s, and in a million other instances. It’s consistent and it’ll happen again if you don’t rise and fight.
If you are sincerely willing to show up for people and protect them when they call (and you have to ask yourself that ahead of time) - You got a local mosque? Go up there with a lil basket of treats and introduce yourself to the imam and let him know who you are and that you’re with them if there’s a physical confrontation. You got Spanish-speaking neighbors? Let them know you know what’s up and that you’re a safe space if shit hits the fan.
