Not sure comparing Putin to Hitler (however it was intentioned) was the wisest move

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I sort of love the Donald

He's politics with all the tedious filters off. More of this sort of thing imo.

Quite, it's also a clearly deliberate ploy just to annoy his detractors. He's clearly pretty confident that his core support will see him through

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Quite, it's also a clearly deliberate ploy just to annoy his detractors. He's clearly pretty confident that his core support will see him through

I don't think he actually has any really significant core support, at least, certainly not in the pejorative way his critics imply. In fact, the opposite is more likely true; he enjoys fairly broad appeal.

In politics, "base" is a term used to suggest your opponent's support is fully made up of lunatic extremist true believers and is utterly devoid of any wider, mainstream appeal.