@ET:
Good article. I like this part:"Perhaps the best example of Trump’s provoke and win strategy was his
approach to immigration. Any proposal for restricting immigration, no
matter how modest, will invariably meet charges of nativism and racism.
So why fight it? Trump opted to meet the challenge by initially
proposing something truly appalling: the deportation of tens of millions
of people. When the predictable outrage machine kicked into high gear,
he didn’t go into damage control as expected. Rather, he dismissed the
accusations and let it ride."Everyone knew he was never going to deport that many people but no matter what he said on the issue he was going to lose a certain voting block for even saying the word. I think he just said screw it, there is another block of people who are not voting and they want to hear it loud and clear and will vote if they think they have skin in the game.   4951