There is a sense of loss among like the folks who you really spoke to as a candidate, the sense that somehow their America is under siege and that change is working against them. And that is at the core of Trump's appeal.
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David Axelrod discusses the underlying sentiments that contribute to Donald Trump's political appeal.
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this is another norm that's just going by the wayside in the era of Trump. But, I don't think it has particular meaning.
I don't know one person in this country. I don't believe there's one person who went to the polls on -- in November and said, man, I really want Greenland.
I think Democrats would be very foolish to go all Marjorie Taylor Greene here and WWE stuff and so on. I think they should respond. But I don't think they should, you know, heckle and do the kinds of things that some have talked about.
The place where it has influenced politics is in Canada. Now, Justin Trudeau is not -- he's stepping down. He's going to step down. But there's going to be an election in the next few days for the new Liberal Party leader and then there…





