You have an amazing talent for only seeing what you want to see. Xenophobia is as much about fear as it is about hatred. Characterising Mexican immigrants as rapists is not the sort of thing any country should want from a leader of all peoples - that is xenophobic. Associating an entire religion with the worst traits of a minority of its constituents is xenophobic. Failing to repudiate an association with a former KKK leader inspires no confidence. I find your naiveté about racism quite humorous. Some of the worst racists I've met always protest that they love black people. Same thing with mysoginists... "oh I love women". The guy's policies when you dissect them don't even really fit into the conservative box. He has successfully turned the juvenile politics of fear practised by leading Republicans against them. It is absolutely hilarious to watch. For years I shook my head in disgust at some of the nonsense the Republicans have got up to on the hill. Where is the love of country? Where is the desire to have a constructive debate? They really thought they could use the politics of fear and hate to win, and now they've bought the devil. It's a brutal lesson to learn, but I can't imagine they'll ever be so stupid as to permit a destructive narrative to control their destinies again. Perhaps from the ashes of 2016 (and it will be ashes) something will be learned. I want to see a Republican party, the party of Lincoln, focusing on advocating States rights, a small Federal government and sensible economic policies that tries to lift up hard working people and not just a vehicle to pander to a plutocracy. That's a party I can get on board with.
Well Abraham Lincoln spent 30 years, including his time in the White House, advocating the deportation and foreign colonization of all blacks from the United States. Is that something you want to get on board with too?
As for the rapist remark. Trump is not the most articulate person in the world. He clearly wasn't saying all Mexicans are rapists. He meant that there are rapists and serious criminals among the illegal alien population. In saying that, he is absolutely correct. The number of illegal alien prisoners in Texas and California is staggering. But it is not surprising given how violent many cities in Central America are. San Salvador actually has the highest murder rate of any city in the world, and MS-13 (one of El Salvador's two main gangs) has made inroads in the United States. The Wall Street Journal just ran a story on this.
As for supposedly associating an entire religion with the worst traits of a minority of its constituents - this is not what Trump did. Trump said that, as a cautionary measure, the United States should not admit Muslim immigrants because they are mathematically far more likely to commit terrorist acts and their communities often show sympathy for jiahdists. This is all true. Again, he has facts and logic behind him.
Furthermore, the mainstream of Islamic teaching does justify the actions of the extremist groups. This is another fact which you refuse to acknowledge. There is nothing un-Islamic about bin Laden or ISIS. That isn't to say that all Muslims are terrorists but it is to say that there are mainstream Islamic doctrines which justify terrorism.
Finally, Fox News hates Trump and the reason the voters are supporting Trump is that they feel the GOP has failed to live up to its commitments and caved in to the Democrats far too often. The notion that the Republicans seriously obstructed Obama is a media lie.
Finally, how do you define "racism", Federberg?
