Note to wife:
Since he began his presidential campaign, Donald Trump has had an uncanny ability to focus everyone’s attention on issues he chooses. His latest tirade is about football players who “take a knee” during the national anthem to protest the country’s policies.
Meanwhile, Big Oil puppet Scott Pruitt is systematically decimating the Environmental Protection Agency and charter school crusader Betsy DeVos continues to cripple public schools from inside the Department of Education.
Because these are long-term strategies and not confrontational flashpoints, the news media generally ignores the bigger picture and devotes exaggerated attention to whatever is the latest Trump outrage. He is, indeed, a masterful manipulator.