CNN is upset that trump is still calling Warren Pocahontas

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]"I have a feeling that in the next election you're going to be swamped with candidates," Trump told the crowd. "You'll have plenty of those Democrats coming over and you'll say 'No sir. No ma'am, perhaps ma'am. It may be Pocahontas, remember that. And she is not big for the NRA that I can tell you."

That Trump says those sorts of things -- even in front of a red-meat-loving crowd like the NRA -- is notable. It's hard to imagine Barack Obama or George W. Bush or, well, any other past president saying that kind of stuff about former opponents (and maybe future ones) in public. (Richard Nixon has plenty to say about people behind the scenes.)
What's more telling to me, however, is how Trump absolutely revels in the reaction he gets from taking these sorts of shots. Go back and watch the video above. Notice how Trump, theatrically, lets the crowd soak in the Warren attack and then begin to applaud. Right after he makes the comments about Cruz, there are a few excited gasps in the crowd.

That reaction is what Trump lives for. He is one part performer, one part provocateur and one part politician -- and probably in that order of importance. He likes to, in the parlance of the Internet, troll people -- go after a point of perceived weakness or insecurity relentlessly and without remorse.

And he's incredibly good at it. Think back to the 2016 race. What were Trump's best -- or at least most memorable -- lines? "Low Energy" Jeb Bush. "Little Marco" Rubio. "Lyin' Ted" Cruz. "Crooked Hillary" Clinton. All nicknames designed to troll an opponent, to throw them off their game. To make them feel unsettled.

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