//Opinion: Trump drops ‘socialism’ tack and goes after ‘defund the police’

Opinion: Trump drops ‘socialism’ tack and goes after ‘defund the police’

President Donald Trump’s political “strategy” has always been based on negative partisanship. He does not appear to believe in the politics of addition, but in the politics of division. It’s a two-part play: he demonizes Democrats to fire up the base while trying to convince just enough swing voters that he’s a proudly politically incorrect counterweight to liberal extremism.