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Became president. >> the president ramped up campaign appearances and speeches catering to a very specific bloc of voters. the white working class base. is his strategy working? we'll discuss next. >> we're now calling alaska for donald trump. >> oh, my god, i think america is racist. >> oh, my god. i remember my great grandfather told me something like that. he was a slave or something, i don't know. >> i can't believe it. like why aren't people turning out for hillary the way them did for barack obama. >> i mean maybe because they're replacing a charismatic 40-year-old black guy with a 70-ye...

But i think that was a very small minority of the people that we saw certainly here in orlando. i can't speak for every city, but you did see that. but, like, that -- they were kind of our cross to bear, you know. i don't think just because there were a few racist people that showed up and held ignorant signs that that means the message about limiting the government so it's small enough to fit inside the constitution is necessarily a bad message just because, you know, a few lunatics subscribe to it as well. >> let me come to you on this, jennifer, because one of the things that is sort of fas...

You and i talk business a lot. there's some politics to talk here. president trump said we lost the trade war. larry said there's no trade war. steve mnuchin said there's potential for trade war. president trump said it's easy to win a trade war. it doesn't make sense. if you're going to have any sort of war to have your generals not have the same message that you have. >> to some extent the conflicts you describe reflect the conflict within the republican party. the pro-business wing, the wall street wing, the wing that paul ryan and the house speaker subscribes too. they don't want tariffs. ...

That i don't know we really have a good answer to. >> anita, i'll ask you to answer this. how much of this is -- i'll throw out a bush-era word, strategery? donald trump feeds the base soothing message of -- i'm for protectionism, i'm against trade, which is exactly what a lot of his working-class base wants to hear. when the republicans on capitol hill lose their mind, larry kudlow comes out, when the markets lose their minds, comes out, tries to soothe the waters. who's donald trump going to side with? >> he's trying to soothe the waters but donald trump hasn't backed down on the tariffs at ...

Advantage in negotiation in which his good cop/bad cop staff pulls him back from some seemingly extreme version of events to something more tenable that the allies and other partners have to meet him more in the middle? that's an interesting question that i don't know we really have a good answer to. >> anita, i'll ask you to answer this. how much of this is -- i'll throw out a bush-era word, tra stingry? i'm for protectionism, i'm against trade, which is exactly what a lot of his working-class base wants to hear. when the republicans on capitol hill lose their mind, larry kudlow comes out, wh...