Trump's latest Twitter outrage is a series of personal attacks on Mika and Joe from MSNBC's Morning Joe. One is 'crazy' and the other is 'psycho' and Mika's cosmetic surgery was a mess when she visited Mar a Lago. What is the point of these ad hominem attacks? It's one thing to dispute the accuracy or tone of the reporting but another to descend to name-calling. Moreover, Morning Joe is a low-ratings show and Trump may boost those ratings with all the attention he is giving them. What is the point?
What if Trump's ravings are a strategy. As soon as he unleashes one of these nutty tweets, the various news outlets fall all over themselves to denounce him and spend a couple of days pondering his mental state. While the press obsess, Trump moves on to other things. It's like he tosses a stick and the media chases after it for a while before getting back to reporting. Are these just staged distractions, like some magic act that convinces the audience to look where the trick is not happening? Is Trump creating an irresistible story for the media so that they will not have time to report his agenda?
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And here is a story saying much the same thing. Trump distracts the media while actual policy moves while no one is looking.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/forget-trump-tweets-travel-ban-164543182.html
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