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Trump's busy weekend served as a microcosm for his entire presidency, while he sowed insults, launched attacks on personalities who had criticized him and took over the torch of rhetoric about immigration.
In a fight, he landed on Admiral William McRaven, former chief of the Special Operations Command, retired, and attacked the army for failing to kill the al-Qaida leader. , Osama bin Laden, before 2011.
And Trump has relaunched the alarmist speech about a caravan of asylum seekers crossing Mexico towards the southern border, on which he anchored a mid-term campaign of lies and racism.
"The mayor of Tijuana, Mexico, just said that" the city is ill prepared to handle as many migrants, the backlog could last six months, "Trump said Sunday. "Similarly, the United States is ill-prepared for this invasion and will not tolerate it.They are at the origin of crimes and big problems in Mexico.Go home!"
"It's so amusing to see little Adam Schitt (D-CA) talk about the fact that Acting Attorney General, Matt Whitaker, has not been approved by the Senate, without mentioning the fact that Bob Mueller (who is very conflictual) has not been approved by the Senate! "Trump wrote, referring to Adam Schiff, who will lead the House's intelligence committee next year.
For any other president, these attacks and comments would be an extraordinary violation of White House standards.
For Trump, they reflect his own fighting temperament and his willingness to disregard conventions and political correctness that he clearly believes to be the key to his strong bond with his most loyal followers.
Trump said he would submit written answers to questions asked by Mueller about the alleged collusion between his campaign and Russia this week.
No change of course
The president's determination to follow his instinct and reluctance to moderate his adversarial approach suggests that there has been little debate about the Democrats' capture of the House, fueled by Trump's rejection by suburban voters.
This may also indicate that the president will win or lose in his run for reelection in 2020 by leveraging his strategy of mobilizing an angry political base to win the electoral college, as he did in 2016. A such approach has helped to win Senate seats. – although on a favorable electoral map for the GOP – this year.
One possible remedy would be for Trump to moderate the polarizing behavior that had hurt him with women voters and independent voters in urban areas, in an attempt to win them back in 2020.
Trump tweeted tributes to two foes whom he had furiously criticized in mid-session – Democratic governor candidates Stacey Abrams of Georgia and Florida's Andrew Gillum after officially recognizing their defeat.
But there are stronger signs that Trump plans to become even less constrained by the norms, as evidenced by his talk about changing his cabinet.
By naming Whitaker, Mueller's critic, in place of former Attorney General Jeff Sessions, the President has already removed an obstacle to his desire to control the Department of Justice.
In "Fox News Sunday," he said he wants a more aggressive application of his radical immigration policies.
Referring to reports that Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen is about to leave, Trump said: "I want it to be a lot harder, and we'll see what happens there. But I want to be extremely difficult. "
A senior administration official described the president's goals of reorganizing his team for CNN's Jake Tapper last week.
Retranchement again
The weekend developments with McRaven and in the Khashoggi case have been revealing of the president's approach.
McRaven played a prominent role under the presidency of George W. Bush and Barack Obama. He was therefore a characteristic target of the president.
"OK, it's Hilary Clinton's support and Obama's support, and frankly … would not it have been good if we had Osama Bin Laden much earlier than that?" " Trump told Chris Wallace of Fox News.
McRaven responded by telling CNN that he "did not support Hillary Clinton or anyone else" and said that he admired Obama and Bush's leadership for leadership in those times difficult.
"I maintain my comment that the president's attack on the media is the biggest threat to our democracy in my lifetime," said McRaven.
The President and State Department stated that no final decision had been made as to who had ordered Khashoggi's death.
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