I have never seen a Presidential campaign shoot itself in the face like this....

[Metaphorical]

37. 2016

There was a fairly radical shift in the GOP when Trump won the primary the first time. Until then, the conventional wisdom was that the GOP needed to reach out to the Latino vote because of shifting demographics - if they wanted to hold onto power, they needed to reach out to the Latino community. After Trump, that doctrine was thrown out the window. The new GOP would bring in those who had been out in the wilderness: the Klan, neo-Nazis, Southern Racists and White Supremacists, misogynists, the arch-Fundamentalists, the conspiracy theorists,the survival militia types ... all of the fringe types motivated primarily by hatred and a desire to overthrow the system. Surprisingly (or perhaps not) this included a fair number of blacks and Latinos (especially men), who liked Trump's strongman gangster image, and thought that they would be welcomed with open arms.

At first, they were, which is why you did see blacks and Latinos at Trump rallies, for a few years anyway. But if you look around today, you notice that there are very few people of color in Trump's orbit, and the ones that are generally are the ones that could most pass for white. Similarly, you see fewer Jews, and almost no Asians. The ones who remain are still used as props, but they have no real authority, and are not trusted with any power.

This is the way Trump wants it. I don't even think that it's all that conscious a strategy; rather, he's been purging minorities and women from the ranks because he doesn't want to be contaminated by them.