this president forgets who his base is and listen to some of these folks advising him on illegal immigration, the wall and gun control and jobs and visas and american worker, it's going to be a dandy of an election. >> welcome back to "hardball." that was fox business host and unofficial trump adviser lou dobbs, last night warning the president not to appear soft on the issues most important to his base. the president has been signaling he will run as far right as possible, of course, rather than risk losing a single vote from his base. according to "the washington post," that means dialing up the culture wars. quote, trump is deliberately amplifying public tensions by seizing on divisive topics to energize his base, according to campaign aides and white house advisers. the president is following much of the same strategy he pursued in 2016, inserting himself into the issues, his supporters are

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