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<So Trump is de facto racist because he criticizes Obama's policies and has a history of questioning Obama's birthplace (which, of course, remains debatable).>
Trump's racism has been evident the whole of his adult life, going back to his early days as an agent for his father's (a former Klansman) real estate business. It's evident not only in the birtherism drivel, but in his rhetoric about Muslims, Mexicans, judges, etc. etc. ad nauseam. There was never a legitimate "debate" about Obama's birthplace (or his religion or his education); this was always and only a racist effort to portray him as the "other": not one of "us"; not a Christian; not smart; not white. By the time Trump was prancing around the country in 2011 pushing this lie, it had already been thoroughly debunked. There was never a legitimate debate about this.