Trump Targets Sanctuary Cities, Ignores Billionaire Sanctuaries
Donald Trump, whose business empire has benefited from every possible tax loophole and offshore haven, is once again focusing his wrath on 'sanctuary cities'—municipalities that limit cooperation with federal immigration enforcement. The Hill frames this as a policy decision, ignoring the glaring hypocrisy of a man who built his fortune by exploiting legal and financial sanctuaries promising to
punish cities for offering a different kind of refuge. Perhaps if these cities offered him a property tax abatement, they’d be safe. This isn't about 'law and order'; it’s a dog-whistle campaign leveraging xenophobia while conveniently overlooking the far greater economic sanctuaries enjoyed by the ultra-wealthy. One might wonder if federal funding will also be pulled from states that act as tax
havens for the super-rich, or if that's a 'sanctuary' Trump himself finds rather comfortable. The 'law' seems to bend significantly for different populations.