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Far at least he is running on a base enthusiasm and retention strategy which in a lot of ways does involve this red meat, these controversial statements and these racist statements and one thing people don't entirely understand is if you've gone to a trump rally and interviewed supporters in the base, they are 100% with him. they are the sort of people who would probably vote for him if he hadn't come out and sent these racist tweets. and so it doesn't necessarily make sense when you realize to win a reelection, you have to get to 50 plus one but that is right now the strategy that the preside...

A different direction. so i would expect to see this difficulty amongst a lot of republicans in criticizing the president going forward. >> let me ask you about the sheer politics of this, however hateful millions of americans found his words is this really a strategy to try to pickup independents and disaffected democrats? is this going to pickup anyone not in the column? >> no, and i don't think that's what this is about. i think frankly they, a lot of people in the trump camp see this as an opportunity to drive, continue to drive base enthusiasm, to continue and make sure those people are g...

Army, that the barbarian hoards are at the gates, about to invade us. he's doing it again because there's another caravan, and he's screaming hysterically about these poor refugees. he doesn't care about, you know, a reporter getting murdered and dismembered, but he cares about these poor refugees who are heading towards our border, who are no threat whatsoever to us. but this is the culture war that the republicans are running on to generate base enthusiasm in lieu of anybody being enthusiastic about the tax cut. >> look up the definition of the word chicanery and you'll know what we're talki...

Are at the gates, about to invade us. he's doing it again because there's another caravan, and he's screaming hysterically about these poor refugees. he doesn't care about, you know, a reporter getting murdered and dismembered, but he cares about these poor refugees who are heading towards our border, who are no threat whatsoever to us. but this is the culture war that the republicans are running on to generate base enthusiasm in lieu of anybody being enthusiastic about the tax cut. >> look up the definition of the word chicanery and you'll know what we're talking about here. april, trump is r...

Presidency. 42% approve. 54% disapprove. so that suggests the approval number is up seven points overall since february. if you dig deeper, you find the president gets his strongest approval ratings on the issues involving the economy. but there is a detail here, as you mentioned, that's less reassuring for the president and for the gop for that matter. because among those who say they're enthusiastic about voting in november, the president stands at only 38% support, with 68% saying they disapprove. first, the president's party typically loses congressional seats in the midterms. and as you k...