Trump keeps making incendiary statements. His campaign says that won't change. - The Boston Globe

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : He said to expect "more of the same" after Trump clinches the nomination, which is expected later this month.
55% : But after three campaigns for the White House and four years in office, Trump is set in his ways.
55% : Trump held rallies Saturday in North Carolina and Virginia, two states that hold primaries on Super Tuesday but are also potential swing states in November's general election.
50% : While Trump dominates among conservative voters, those voters represented just 37% of the electorate in the November 2020 presidential election.
49% : Former aides learned long ago that trying to pressure Trump to rein in his impulses often only led him to dig in deeper.
44% : Trump often adds asides that were not in his prepared remarks.
41% : So while Trump is now talking less about his last remaining GOP rival, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, his campaign is focused on building out a general election infrastructure as it turns its focus from early voting states to November battlegrounds.
37% : "When you have the kind of numbers Biden has, what people need is about 70% positive, 30% anti-Biden," Gingrich said, insisting Trump could usher in a Republican wave like when he beat Hillary Clinton in 2016.
36% : "Donald Trump is Donald Trump.
25% : "Our job is not to remake Donald Trump.
24% : Notably, Youngkin has not endorsed Trump.
24% : South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham suggests Trump and his campaign should "just keep doing what they're doing.
23% : Just as possible, however, is a repeat of 2018, when Republicans lost the House majority, or 2020, when Trump lost and Democrats reclaimed Senate control, or 2022, when Republicans lost winnable Senate races and failed to flip the chamber.
21% : At one rally this past weekend, Trump went so far as to cast Biden's handling of the border as "a conspiracy to overthrow the United States of America.
21% : Youngkin emphasized education and economic policy, and attracted urban and suburban moderates who rejected Trump.
21% : After he ran for president in 2016, Graham vowed that "if we nominate Trump, we will get destroyed."
20% : Americans "deserve a president who will not sugarcoat what's happening in the world," he said.Interviews with Republicans, including Trump supporters and those still backing Haley's beleaguered bid, reflect concerns that Trump risks fumbling a clear opportunity against Biden, who faces low approval ratings and widespread voter questions about his age and readiness for a second term.
16% : North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, a Democrat who was re-elected in 2020 even as Trump won his state, said he welcomes the contrast between Trump and Biden.
14% : Trump spokesman Steven Cheung said Trump would not change.
2% : ""Donald Trump is still Donald Trump -- the same extreme, dangerous candidate voters rejected in 2020, and they'll reject him again this November regardless of the team he has around him," said Biden spokesman Kevin Munoz.

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