Trump only cares about his base

Harris L 2020 election, Polls, Trump bigotry, Trump tweets April 17, 2019 1 Minute

He has no interest in being president of the entire country. His election strategy is focused on turning out his base instead of increasing his appeal. A recent poll showed that the Barr letter changed nothing.

"The old-fashioned idea that a president, once reaching office, should at least pretend to be the leader of all the people these days seems so, well, old-fashioned. Mr. Trump does not bother with the pretense." — @peterbakernyt on Trump's base obsession https://t.co/mfEKbBK1xY
— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) April 17, 2019

Obama regularly told people that he felt obligated to consider the interests and needs of all Americans, even those who didn’t vote for him. https://t.co/8gxKFkyi6I
— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) April 17, 2019

"It’s often observed that Trump is a minority president. But it’s worse: Deliberately functioning as a minority president is itself the long term survival strategy." https://t.co/MVSmURmxnl
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) April 17, 2019

If you were one of those people who thought that the Barr memo had Changed Everything for Trump, congrats and I want to play poker with you. https://t.co/euzAVKcsmU
— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) April 17, 2019

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Published April 17, 2019

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