Donald Trump's Deafening Silence After A Racist Crime In Portland

The center of Portland, Oregon, overlooking the Hawthorne Bridge.

Emotion reigns in Portland, in the northwestern United States, where two men were killed on a tram on Saturday (May 27th) while attempting to intervene in an assault on two Muslim girls. While the mayor of Portland salutes the courage of the two men he describes as heroes, Donald Trump has still not spoken out on the matter.

Since the racist attack in Portland, Donald Trump tweeted more than a dozen times: on the G7, on "fake news" or on the reform of the health system. But not a word about Ricky John, 53, and Taliesin Namkai-Meche, 23, stabbed to death while trying to protect two Muslim girls.

The attacker, a 35-year-old close to supremacist circles, is currently in detention. The FBI is trying to clarify its motive. Is it a hate crime or a terrorist act? For the time being, the authorities do not wish to take a decision.

In any case, for Dan Rather, the figure of American journalism, the silence of the president is unbearable. So he launched a call on Facebook, which was massively relayed on social networks, and in which he asked Donald Trump to take a stand. And Dan Rather suggests that the assailant is described as a terrorist.

This weekend, a thousand people gathered at the scene of the crime for a candlelight vigil. A fund-raising campaign has also been organized on the internet for the families of the victims and has already raised over $250,000.