Trump cares only about those who elected him in the "trampic" states and describes his opponents as "traitors"

In the past two weeks, US President Donald Trump has repeatedly described his opponents in the United States as "traitors" and has threatened to punish the Democratic Party by flooding their electoral districts with immigrants. Published a videotape linking a Muslim member of Congress to the September 11 events on the World Trade Center.

This message seems clear that the president cares only about those who elected him and brought him to the White House from the Americans, and that he does not rule like any of his new predecessors.

It seems that the old idea that the president when he comes to power, at least pretend to be a leader of his entire people, is now out of date. President Trump does not want to disturb himself by pretending to speak to his group, not to his people .

Trump traveled to the states he elected a number of times, up to five times the number of states most supported by former US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. He also conducted a number of interviews with Fox News, much more than major television stations combined. His message aims to mobilize as many of his supporters, not convince anyone.

Trump is the only president in the history of the Gallup Poll, which failed to win the support of a majority of Americans, even for a day, while in office. His acceptance by the American public in the Gallup poll was between 35 and 45 percent during his presidency.

But Trump seems to enjoy the "divide and rule" policy, and has made little effort to expand his constituency to more than the voters who took him to the White House. While other presidents have tried to get broad support for the American people, Trump seems to be campaigning for re-election, depending on his group. But Trump's advisers insist that the truth is different. Although he is a non-traditional politician who relies heavily on Twitter, he is trying to reach new voters. "In fact, we are really looking for new voters, who say otherwise is wrong," said Tim Mortog, director of communications for Trump's re-election campaign.

Mortog spoke of the strong economy of the Trump era, which produced millions of jobs, increased wages, and major changes in the criminal justice system. He said that a number of voters, through differing opinions and beliefs, agreed with President Trump's views on immigrants, and that the law should be applied vigorously. "The Democrats are making a big mistake when they think that when they continue to shout about refugees, they can make a big victory," he said.

President Trump's path to victory in 2016 was straight from the inside, where he won the votes of the Electoral College, while he lost the popular popular vote for the candidate Clinton by about three million votes, although Trump's advisers, Democrats and independent analysts said the president was gambling with the possibility of Winning the same way.

"They insist on a victory similar to what they did the previous time, so the Democratic Party can not gather enough votes to get Trump out of power," said Cornel Peltcher, who is conducting polls for former President Barack Obama.

In fact, Trump spent much of his term focusing on parts of the state his voters had supported, trying to make his own electoral tribe. Apart from four states, Trump visits his property in Maryland and travels frequently to Andrews Air Force Base or Camp David. He has spent days in the states he voted in, five times more than in the other states that voted for Clinton, 115 days for the first versus 15 days for the other, according to the services «Vctbc.» which collects and analyzes information related to the presidency of Trump. Trump's campaign spends 44 percent of Facebook's advertising budget, targeting people 65 and over, much more than Democrats do, according to Axius News.

A number of Democrats said it was not clear whether Trump's recent comments were based on calculations. Anna Greenberg, who is running Democratic opinion polls, said President Trump may be criticizing many, because there are few advisers around him to rein in him. "But at the same time, he is preparing a much more expensive campaign than his campaign, which he started last time. "I do not know if there is a particular strategy, or just Trump's release from any restrictions," Anna said. He does not seem to me to be sly or intelligent, or he is the person who is thinking deeply for a strategy for the 2020 election. My view is that they are building an apparatus outside the White House to prepare for the 2020 elections. "

In the past, other presidents have found a balance between being leaders of the nation and being candidates for their parties for the elections, swinging between national unity and a vicious attack on opponents. But the old theory of reaching out to volatile candidates to build a ruling coalition has been out of date for years.

Former US President Bill Clinton introduced himself as a centrist in 1992 and 1996 to reach beyond the Democratic constituency. Former President George W. Bush described himself as a "merciful governor" in an effort to attract voters from the center.

After confirming Bush's son's victory, after re-counting Florida's crucial votes, Bush extended his hand to the Democrats to work with them in education and other issues. After the September 11 incident, Bush Jr. visited a mosque, where he later confirmed that the war he would later launch was not against Muslims. He extended his hand to Latins by supporting substantial amendments to immigration laws.

But after 2000, Bush's re-election campaigner, Matthew Dawood, conducted a study by the president in which he concluded that most of the independents were actually democratically elected or Republican voters, and that part of the constituent voters had declined since 1980, from only 22 to 7 percent.

This resulted in the 2004 strategy, which focused on maximizing the Bush base population by supporting legal amendments to ban gay marriage. But David, who personally rejected the initiative, said they were still trying to win new voters. "We did not think we would choose between people."

By contrast, the Trump team seems to be counting on the idea that the president can lose popular votes, but it is still about winning the votes of the Electoral College. "They can try to win the parties, but they seem to have decided not to care about the parties, and the only thing they want to do is to stimulate the president's electoral base," Dawood said.

Mortog said the president was seriously expanding his electoral base. If he could not overcome his opponents, he would bring new voters to the electoral process.

A poll found that a quarter of the people who appeared at a rally in front of President Trump in El Paso, Texas, voted intermittently, and the other quarter never voted, said Mortog, who said: "These are new voters. We can call them voters who are completely politicized. President Trump is by no means a traditional politician, and so many of the states we're talking about are not necessarily Republican states, but rather Trump states. "

Peter Baker: The New York Times correspondent at the White House