Over the years I've learned to trust Trump's strategy. I think he's firing up his supporters.
Counter-intuitively, his strategy works.
I never liked Trump's twitter behavior, but you cannot argue with his success record. Compare him to Romney who "plays it safe" and is a media kiss ass.
I agree. He has good instincts and is not afraid to with his gut. He's also got the stomach to deal with the fallout.
I always thought the opportunity for Trump lies in can he divide the black and Latino aspirational class from the layabout, irredeemable, irresponsible, criminal-enabling, screeching excuse-makers who permeate too large a percentage of these respective groups. If anyone could do that, that would be the death knell of the Democratic coalition.
We will see. I know it makes the shrinking, aging base feel good to hear Trump speak in this manner, but I am not sure if it grows his coalition enough to carry Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Michigan against a "woke" motivated group. Those three states all elected democratic governors and democratic senators in the 2018 midterm. That's a stinging rebuke, and a ominous harbinger, as midterms are when many on the left usually don't even show up to vote.