“It might seem like improvisational madness when President Trump tells American citizens in Congress to ‘go back’ where they came from, but those close to Trump say there’s a lot of calculation behind his race-baiting,” Axios reports.
“It’s central to his 2020 strategy, they say. Trump’s associates predict more, not less, of the race-baiting madness.”
The math: “Trump knows that in 2016, he won the white vote by 20+ points. He hopes he can crank their turnout even higher, especially among older, white evangelicals. He knows most of those voters are unlikely to ditch him, no matter how offensive his comments.”
Also important: “He watches Fox News and knows AOC, in particular, is catnip to old, white voters, especially men. She is young, Hispanic, female and a democratic socialist — a 4-for-4 grievance magnet.”
