Article snippet: Author Ta-Nehisi Coates on Friday night outlined a series of President Trump's actions he said suggest the president "might be a white supremacist." Coates argued during an appearance on MSNBC's "All In with Chris Hayes" that Trump's actions stood apart from other prominent Republican leaders. "With George Bush's policies, I could make an argument for how they affect black people in a negative way. You know what I mean? But I wouldn't argue that he's a white supremacist. I wouldn't argue that Mitt Romney is a white supremacist," Coates said. "MORE was not born in the U.S. and his comment that a federal judge was not fit to preside over a case involving the now-defunct Trump University because of his Mexican heritage. "I'm willing to have that debate," Coates said on whether the moves indicated white supremacy. Coates had called Trump "the first white president" in his latest essay for The Atlantic. "It is often said that Trump has no real ideology, which is not true—his ideology is white supremacy, in all its truculent and sanctimonious power," he wrote. The debate over racism swirled this week when ESPN anchor Jemele Hill lashed out at Trump on Twitter, calling him a "white supremacist" and attributing his rise to the Oval Office to white supremacy. The White House slammed the ESPN host for days over the remark, calling for her to be fired and ripping into the sports network for being "hypocritical" in its treatment of conservative and liberal employees. Trum... Link to the full article to read more