Trump campaign’s racist immigration meme proves he’s run out of ideas

Donald Trump is getting boring. A candidate who once provoked shock and awe now generates eye rolling, head shaking and, even in some cases, pity as Americans see him struggling to navigate the new political reality of Kamala Harris. After Trump’s rambling press conference at Mar-a-Lago and multiple unhinged tweets since Harris became the Democratic presidential nominee, many within his own camp worry that Harris’ largely successful rollout had made Trump both anxious and desperate for attention. In recent weeks, as Harris has quickly closed polling gaps that Biden couldn’t, we’ve watched Trump turned to familiar tactics we’ve seen before: Calling women who’ve challenged him “nasty.” Describing his female opponent as “low IQ.” Telling a room full of Black journalists a lie to push conspiracy theories about race and ethnicity. Trump’s moves are as predictable as the cha-cha slide and wobble at a Black wedding. And yet when Trump’s war room account posted a meme this week showing flag-waving homes juxtaposed with a chaotic scene of Black and brown immigrants, the campaign laid bare just how bottomless his floor was. “Import the third world. Become the third world,” read the caption. It was the clearest example yet that Donald Trump...