Aides prefer him to focus on his wins and offer sharp criticism of his opponent, Joe Biden.
WASHINGTON — Some White House officials are privately expressing frustration over President Trump’s recent embrace of a message stoking racial and cultural divisions.
But Trump — four months away from facing voters in his re-election bid and trailing Biden in the polls — is “going with his gut” and “relying on instinct,” the two officials said. Instead of touting wins, Trump has opted to zero in on the national debate about race and side with supporters who view themselves as victims unfairly cast as racists in the renewed national discussion about discrimination targeting minorities.
Trump has heard from some political allies encouraging him to embrace a divisive tone likely to further inflame civic unrest seen across the country over the past month and deliver political wins by rallying his supporters.A second White House official said Trump is making a mistake by stoking racial divisions and continuing to revive the kind of grievances he also aired in 2016, when he stoked racial animosity targeting immigrants.
As a result, he’s tapping more deeply into the perceived anger and resentment of his white supporters.
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