Does Trump enflame the portion of his base that is prone to believe fakenews, conspiracy theories, or extremist ideology to some nonmarginal degree?

Many NN on this sub say that Trump holds rallies because they allow him to speak "off the cuff" directly to his base. NN often say that "Trump doesn't believe he's represented fairly by most reporters" and that Trump's rallies are "an effective communications tool" due to perceived unfair coverage.

NN say that the rallies are good for communicating because they "energize the base" and "[stir] the pot."

A majority -- but not all -- of NN on this sub appear to think that Trump's rhetoric is beneficial and NN acknowledge that Trump uses rhetoric to incite his base. For example, "Trump realizes Hillary is more valuable as a pinata" than actually locking her up, but Trump rallies those chants anyway. NNs acknowledge that Trump plays to extremist views, like locking up political opponents, as a way of personally attacking members of the opposing party to keep parts of his base engaged..

Words have consequences and "[Trump's] supporters are pretty fired up at the moment" as a result of his rallies and rhetoric. I typically see NN on this sub take a "If it works, why not?" view of Trump's more bloviating or extremist rhetoric.

I wonder what effect you think that Trump's rhetoric has on his base given that Trump has himself hinted at, alluded to, floated, flipflopped on, and has sometimes been the most vocal torchbearer of conspiracy theories in the past and espouses a political ideology that casually relishes, jokes about, and sometimes supports political violence.

The common NN responses to this are either to overlook or denounce the conspiracies and claim support for Trump's policies, or to actually buy into the conspiracies and double down.

Questions - take your pick!

1. What effect do you think Trump's words have on his base?

2. What does it mean when Trump tries to "energize the base," "stir the pot," or "fan/stoke the flames" of his base?

3. Do his words contribute to radicalizing (parts of) his base to some nonmarginal degree? Why/not?

4. What can/should Trump do about his base radicalizing due to conspiracies or social diseases that have been circulating in right-of-center-spaces like Pizzagate/pedo stuff, racial+sexual+gender bigotry, and glorifying political violence against opponents?

5. What do you do when you encounter extremists in your party IRL or online?

6. What do you think are good methods of disarming conspiracy theories and rhetoric that downplays the seriousness of politically-motivated violence?