I agree with you. La Raza should have been the first and last words out of Trump’s mouth. Don’t muddy the waters. Make it clear who the enemy is. Identify, isolate and destroy. Trump shoots from the hip, and sometimes the shot placement is sloppy.
If La Raza had been the first and last words out of Trump’s mouth, would there be a contraversy now? Probably not.
I suspect Trump wanted this situation to become a controversy, because he wanted there to be an issue he could work with. The media is doing the work for him and they are setting the table. Now Trump will argue all the points as to why this judge has an allegiance to Mexico.