This is also a very accurate description — Trump hates America.

Every American has the right to criticize their nation. As James Baldwin, an astute chronicler of this nation’s racism, once said, “I love America more than any other country in the world and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.”

But Trump can’t love an America where everyone doesn’t look like him, think like him, or capitulate to him. In the world according to Trump, he condemns this nation as overrun with crime and chaos because of Black and brown immigrants who, when they aren’t devouring their neighbors’ cats and dogs, are looking for suburban homes to invade and white throats to cut.

At Trump’s hatefest in New York’s Madison Square Garden on Sunday, a racist cosplaying as a comedian called Puerto Rico “a floating island of garbage.” For the cheering and guffawing crowd — the real source of Trump’s power — it was the kind of nasty putdown they’ve come to expect at a Trump rally.

With Trump’s implicit approval, what that hateful MAGA person did was call the more than 3 million Puerto Ricans who live on that island “garbage,” a shocking insult against American citizens that is reverberating with Puerto Ricans communities nationwide. He also disparaged Black people, Palestinians, Jews, and other Latinos.

Unlike the CNN chyron that claimed “Trump allies worry fallout from NYC rally overshadowing his message,” stoking racism is Trump’s message and has been since he descended that Trump Tower escalator and dragged the nation down with him more than nine years ago.

Oh, and in case anyone still has doubts about the former president’s message, at that rally Stephen Miller, Trump’s Igor, said, “America is for Americans and Americans only.” What he means, of course, is America is for white Americans and white Americans only — even though this land has never been solely inhabited by white people and got along quite well without them long before 1619 when they arrived with the first kidnapped and enslaved Africans in tow.

But aside from his racism, Trump’s hatred of this country has always been oddly abundant. Born into privilege, he’s never wanted for anything in his life. He’s known neither struggle nor hardship. He’s never been concerned about his next meal or how he’ll pay the bills because, as has been well documented, he usually doesn’t pay them — except when he’s using campaign donations to pay off his staggering legal bills.

Yet Trump seethes like a man convinced that his nation has cheated him of what rightfully belongs to him. Is it because of his failed attempts to buy an NFL team and join that exclusive fraternity of owners? Or was it because “The Apprentice” twice lost the Emmy for outstanding reality competition program?

In an eerie bit of foreshadowing of his political career, he called the awards show “rigged,” “a con game,” and “an irrelevant show” with “no credibility.”

Terrified of being branded as a loser, Trump tears down anything that does not give him what he wants. That sentiment has been especially sharp these past four years, after being historically rejected by the 81 million voters who elected Joe Biden president; becoming a convicted felon; and having to campaign hard in the last days of a presidential campaign that he thought would be a breeze when Biden was again his Democratic opponent.

Whether he wins or loses, Trump will continue to blame the country for his misfortunes. A narcissist sees only themselves in sharp focus — except when it comes to taking responsibility for their own failings. Trump’s pledge of retribution isn’t simply against individuals or institutions but the idea of multicultural America itself. However this nation has failed to live up to its ideals, any promise of equity and fairness for all is more than Trump can abide.

And so the man who once called the White House “a real dump” continues to look back at a glorious American past that never was and only sees a dystopian future with himself at its center.

Vice President Kamala Harris has often said that it’s time to “turn the page” on the Trump era. I say it’s time to close the book. The only America with a chance of greatness comes from an election that vanquishes this man and his floating island of garbage campaign once and for all.