Trump plays on fears in play for the suburbs

President Donald Trump this week sent a message to “The Suburban Housewives of America," and in a single tweet summed up his strategy for shoring up support in communities critical to his reelection chances: Scare them. In tweets, campaign ads and new policies, Trump is trying to win over suburbanites by promising to protect their “beautiful" neighborhoods from the racial unrest that has gripped some U.S. cities this summer. “I think he’s just throwing stuff against the wall and seeing what sticks,” said Linda Abate, an unemployed bartender in this working-class suburb about a 45-minute drive from Philadelphia.