Trump's new reelection strategy reveals his contempt for his voters

President Trump’s base gets a lot of outsize media attention — another feature on Trump voters in their Trump hats talking about how they’ll never abandon Trump, anyone? — but one thing that hasn’t gotten due media treatment is Trump’s own view of his base.

Trump has concluded, variously, that his base would salute his winking at white supremacists; that his base would rally to his corrupt pardoning of Joe Arpaio, a racist who cruelly abused immigrant inmates; and that his base would thrill over forced separation of migrant families (“my people love it,” he reportedly mused).

Now we’re learning that the Trump campaign wants to galvanize his base in part by continuing to urge the country to reopen faster. That’s not surprising, except for one thing: This will be happening even as the numbers of people getting infected with the novel coronavirus are spiking dangerously in numerous states that voted for him, something that will get worse in coming weeks.

What, exactly, does this say about Trump’s view of his own base voters?

The Associated Press reports that Trump’s campaign advisers, recognizing that his position against Joe Biden is deteriorating, are “sharpening his focus on his most ardent base of supporters.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/06/26/trumps-new-reelection-strategy-reveals-his-contempt-his-voters/