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It was also “motivated by unconstitutional animus,” he said.

As of Wednesday night, the main animus seems to be between the US and China who are flinging ever-increasing tariffs at each other.

As O’Toole also observes, Trump’s anti-European animus has a potent psychosexual subtext, simultaneously rooted in right-wing American macho posturing and his own infantile sense of narcissistic injury.

His actions have dovetailed with Trump’s animus toward mainstream media outlets that cover him critically.

“If you look at the case law, that’s the kind of language courts find clearly demonstrates racial animus,” she said.