They can also rile up Trump's own party, which then incorporates the former president's vendettas and impulses into its own agenda.
Though most in his party have stayed quiet, Trump's comments about Milley horrified some Republicans.
On the debate stage last week, Trump’s rivals for the GOP nomination didn't address the former president's more incendiary rhetoric.
Democrats, including Biden, have warned that Trump and supporters in his Make America Great Again movement are a threat to American democracy.
At last week's California Republican Party convention in a hotel ballroom in Anaheim, Trump’s rhetoric reached yet another level.
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