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Trump’s Campaign Is Drowning in Rage

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Donald Trump went back to his old playbook: Insults people and groups of people.

But anger, a driving force in 2016 , is a weakening tactic.

Anger is still a powerful motivator for Trump ’s base, but he’ll likely need to peel off more voters to score another victory.

“The effectiveness of that [anger] strategy has peaked and sort of plateaued,” Hamner said.

“I think it’s really curious when he doubles down on January 6 and on things that are just highly unlikely to resonate with people who are on the fence, people who aren’t just in his camp no matter what”.