Hello again, I'm Warren Alney. This is To the Point.

Just days before the midterm elections, President Trump planned no less than eight campaign rallies in different states.

His talking points include warnings of what he calls an invasion of Central Americans.

He has sent 6,000 troops to the Mexican border. He has insulted

some democratic targets of 12 foiled bombing attacks, and in the aftermath of the deadliest

anti-Semitic attack in American history, he's scheduled a visit to Pittsburgh, even though the

Jewish community there has been divided about whether he's welcome.

All that has fueled accusations that the current president of the United States has abandoned the role of unifier in favor of the politics of division.

Charlie Sykes is a former right-wing talk show host.

He's now contributing editor for the conservative weekly standard, and author of a

recent book, How the Right Lost Its Mind, Charlie Sykes. It's great to have you with us.

Good to be back. Are we seeing evidence of the right losing its mind? Well, yes. And we're also

seeing a reconformation of the fact that Donald Trump has absolutely no interest in being a

unifier. This should not come as surprised to anybody. I don't think it's in his DNA to be a

unifier or a healer. What is extraordinary is the level of his confidence that Republican and

conservative voters will go along with what he is doing right now.

The clearly rather cynical manipulation of the caravan, the playing on white identity politics,

the attempt to gin up an assault on birthright citizenship in the final days of this campaign.

And I think the fact

that he thinks this is a winning strategy is an interesting indictment of the way our politics

has changed and the way in which the Republican Party has adapted to Donald Trump.

You mentioned the birthright issue. That's to come late in the game, relatively speaking. Tell us about it.

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