He wants an aroused base going into these caucuses, and he may believe that showing up at the courthouse today and emphasizing the things he's emphasized will help light that fire under that base to come out at the caucuses.
Axelrod explains Trump's motivation to rally his supporters ahead of the caucuses.
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I think the political question is the political question. And I think, Jim, I don't think this helps Trump.
There's no doubt about that. But I also want to say this. You know, all presidents sort of feed off of perceptions of the person who came before and they want to position against what people found lacking in the person that came before.
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One of the things that he -- one of the habits of Donald Trump is he doesn't tolerate prosperity very well, his own prosperity. And I think the lesson he's drawn from the last four years is he can get away with anything.
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