Be smart … This adapts a classic Trump technique that he used during the campaign: constant, withering criticism combined with brutal belittling, in an effort to create tectonic shifts in voter attitudes.
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Trump used this combination to eviscerate the GOP field, then shrink Hillary from a political colossus.
Axios’ Neal Rothschild points out that Trump targets get accused of the worst possible behavior in the most vicious terms — accusations that are more exaggerated and stinging than from any other official.
The reputations of these institutions have been diminished, at least among Republicans, by the president’s use of this tactic.
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