On the surface, US President Donald Trump's escalated race-baiting looks self-destructive.
The United States economy is growing. Middle-class wages have been picking up. Mr Trump's re-election aim should be to broaden his base to include non-white people - or at least reassure moderate white voters who are queasy about reliving the US civil war.
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