On Mixed Messaging: Trump Ain't No Dumb

It is not art of the deal. It is the art of sowing confusion.

Hydroxychloroquine.

You remember that? If you sit next to Donald Trump and whisper "hydroxychloroquine" in his ear, he will start rolling on the floor laughing. The most convenient escape for you, me, the Dems, and many others is to dismiss him as unintelligent. Call him dumb but still engage with his nonsensical comments. He told Presidential historian, Bod Woodward, how deadly the COVID-19 virus is. When someone sneezed in the White House, everyone ran, he told Bob Woodward.

And yet, he never wore a mask in public. And yet, he said the virus is no worse than the flu and that it would disappear. Then he said he was taking hydroxychloroquine.

Instead of taking him to task for not doing the job he was supposed to do and calling him out for failing to protect Americans from dying, he and his intelligence became the topic of discussion. What if Trump wants you to treat him like he’s dumb? What if he purposely pushes this notion to encourage you to let your guard down? There is clearly a pattern here.

The intent is to sow confusion in the ranks of the opposition. Entertain them with nonsense. Talk about hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin, not the number of people who are dying. Talk about injecting bleach and UV light, not about the administration's failure to act when the virus reached American shores.

Talk about Canada becoming the 51st state, not about Kash Patel, a man with a vendetta, becoming the director of the FBI.