It's not a new idea that Trump's tweets are used to distract the public from his awful policies.

It's also not a new idea that Trump's tweets distract from specific policies. Consider this Mashable article.



Back in December, we questioned whether Trump's masterful ability to offer social media junk food in place of political broccoli was intentional or not. But one year into his leadership, it's apparent that the intention doesn't really matter. Either way, Trump has wrested control of our eyeballs, distracting us from talking about much more than whatever's on his mind.

But it wasn't until this week that I realized that the outrage from Trump's tweets is both intentional and targeted.



Then, he had to find something more shocking. And he came up with this (utterly disgusting, indeed) statement about those 'shithole' countries. Why? Probably because of another awful bill that he passed with the help of the corporate Democrats, who voted to give him vast warrantless spying powers.

And the liberal media actually love such statements by Trump, because they end up to become the perfect decoy.

Not only did the 'shithole' comment distract from so-called "Resistance" leaders like Pelosi and Schiff selling us out, and aiding the Trump agenda, but it also hid the fact that the Pentagon plans to start a war with Iran.

Which do you think will have more impact on your life? War with Iran, or the tweet?

It occurred to me that if a certain window of time is targeted, then an audience is also being targeted. That targeted audience is the people who will scream the loudest about the tweets. They are the ones giving the most help to Trump.

So who bites on Trump's bait?

First and foremost, anyone who includes themselves as part of the "Resistance".

MSNBC and CNN also comes to mind.

But they may be willing participants.

Trump's Useful Idiots would include anyone not banned from DKos.

I single them out because I checked DKos on the 'shithole' day, and while they wasted a lot of bandwidth on virtue signaling their outrage over Trump's tweet, not a single diary mentioned the FISA law (except in regards Trump's tweets about FISA) or Iran.

It's pathetic how the same Democrats that demand obedience from independent thinking progressives, and ban those that don't bend a knee, are the ones helping Trump out the most.