President Trump’s only use of the term \u00ab\u00a0Dreamers\u00a0\u00bb during his first State of the Union address – \u00ab\u00a0Americans are dreamers, too\u00a0\u00bb – drew swift reactions Tuesday from two of the nation’s most prominent white nationalists and anti-immigration activists.<\/b>
\nPresident Trump \u2019s only use of the term \u201cDreamers\u201d during his first State of the Union address \u2013 \u201cAmericans are dreamers, too\u201d \u2013 drew swift reactions Tuesday from two of the nation\u2019s most prominent white nationalists and anti-immigration activists.
\u201cI am extending an open hand to work with members of both parties \u2013 Democrats and Republicans \u2013 to protect our citizens of every background, color, religion and creed,\u201d Mr. Trump said during his speech Tuesday evening. \u201cMy duty, and the sacred duty of every elected official in this chamber, is to defend Americans \u2013 to protect their safety, their families, their communities and their right to the American Dream. Because Americans are dreamers, too.\u201d
Typically applied to undocumented immigrants brought to the U. S. as children, Mr. Trump \u2019s different usage of \u201cdreamers\u201d was quickly cited on social media by white nationalists including former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke and \u201calt-right\u201d figurehead Richard Spencer, two far-right supporters of the president who have previously spoken in support of his policies on immigration and particularly his plan to build a ball on the border between the U. S. and Mexico.
\u201cThank you President Trump. Americans are \u2018Dreamers\u2019 too,\u201d tweeted Mr. Duke, a former KKK grand wizard who previously served in the Louisiana House of Representatives and unsuccessfully campaigned in 2016 for one of the state\u2019s U. S. Senate seats.
Mr. Spencer, the president and director of the National Policy Institute white nationalist think-tank, similarly quoted Mr. Trump \u2019s \u201cdreamers\u201d remark in a tweet of his own sent alongside an image of a smiling white skinned, blonde haired family.
\u201cOk, the dreamers line was good,\u201d tweeted an account connected to Mike \u201cEnoch\u201d Peinovich, a podcaster and fellow white nationalist who has frequently appeared alongside Mr. Spencer at far-right events.
Mr. Trump has repeatedly been accused of catering to white nationalists, particularly after he infamously blamed \u201cboth sides\u201d for the violence that erupted between far-right demonstrators and counterprotesters during a rally last August in Charlottesville, Virginia.
While Mr. Trump disavowed Mr. Duke after the former Klan leader endorsed his 2016 White House run, Mr. Spencer previously said he doubts the president will ever reject the so-called \u201calt-right\u201d movement that supported his campaign.
\u201c Trump has never denounced the Alt-Right. Nor will he,\u201d Mr. Spencer, 39, tweeted last year.<\/p>\n

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