Trump uses ‘law and order’ as election cry

After struggling for much of the year to settle on a clear and concise re-election message, US president Donald Trump appears to have found his 2020 rallying cry.

Four years ago it was “Build the Wall ”– a simple yet coded mantra to white America that nonwhite outsiders threatened their way of life. This week Mr Trump has re - centered his campaign on another three-word phrase that carries a similar racial dynamic – “Law and Order”.

For much of the summer, the Republican president flirted with the bumperstickers logan championed by Richard Nixon and George Wallace in 19 68. But Mr Trump sharply increased his focus on law and order after a white police officer in Kenosha, Wisconsin, shot Jacob Blake, a black man, multiple times last week as Mr Blake’s three children watched, sparking protestrelated violence.

The president toured the mid-western city on Tuesday, meeting law enforcement officials.