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Article snippet: MORE incited a national debate about the other N-word at a rally in Houston on Monday night. “You know what I am? I’m a nationalist, OK? … Use that word,” he told a crowd of cheering supporters. The terminology, rarely heard from any modern mainstream American politician, brought condemnation from political and ideological critics, as well as from segments of the media. Cornel West, the prominent academic and activist, told The Hill on Tuesday that there were many types of nationalism but that Trump was engaged in a “reactionary nationalism [which] is very dangerous at any time because it is shot through with xenophobia; and it is normally shot through, also, with an indifference to the poor and working class.” Michael McFaul, U.S. ambassador to Russia under former President Obama, wondered on Twitter on Monday night, “Does Trump know the historical baggage associated with this word, or is he ignorant? Honest question.” Also on Monday night, CNN anchor Don Lemon protested that Trump’s use of the word nationalist was “loaded with nativist and racist undertones.” And the next day, J Street, a liberal Jewish organization focused on the Middle East, issued a statement condemning the president’s “intensely xenophobic rhetoric and imagery.” The organization took exception not just to Trump’s use of the term nationalist but to the way in which he contrasted his views with those of “globalists.” The latter term, J Street said, was “used constantly by the white national... Link to the full article to read more