Former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio speaking with supporters at a campaign rally for Donald Trump at the Prescott Valley Event Center in Prescott Valley in 2016. Photo by Gage Skidmore | Flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0
Arizona is home to the country’s founder of modern-day Machiavellian politics, Joe Arpaio.
Arpaio successfully used the public’s fear of immigrants and the media’s thirst for the outrageous to create an image of himself that made him the most well-known—and perhaps most hated—law enforcement officer in the world.
The current resident of the White House is a carbon-copy of Arpaio, using race-based fear and consistent chaos to control the presidency.