of playing for the base. it obviously fits the pattern of never backing down or apologizing even when people in his party said he went too far. by the way, in this case, we have not necessarily seen that pushback. i think there s an argument to be made this is not a great idea just from a strategic standpoint, setting aside moral considerations here. if you look at polling about how americans feel about immigrants and what they bring to this country even over the last three, fours years since donald trump rolled down that golden elevate ir elevator in trump tower, people have gotten more accepting in immigrants, more believing they bring something to this country that they re helping us more than they re hurting us. i looked at the numbers today, even if you look at numbers within the republican party, there has not been a move towards the president and towards tucker carlson s questioning, it has been stat fick ic if it hasn t gone in the opposite direction. there may be base play but