President Donald Trump is never cowed by backlash, and even welcomes the airtime it brings him.
His attacks on four Democratic Party Congresswomen presses the identity politics button, taps into that party's internal generational and ideological divisions, and exploits an undercurrent that surfaces periodically in US society - fear and resentment of immigrants.
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