Getting inside of Trump’s brain is admittedly a hopeless and fruitless endeavor. But since I’ve watched a lot of Game of Thrones lately, I can’t help but theorize.
As I listened today to 45 double-down on his “both-sides are bad” position, it occurred to me that even Fox News can’t continue to back him… can they?
So I opened my browser up to that dark bastion of evil - and sure enough — buried in the midst of supportive editorials and ugly descriptions of the new “alt-left”, were a surprising number of critical articles and opinions. I read a few, then - still nauseated - retreated to CNN.
There on the front page, I noticed the headline: “What if the Pro-Trump media abandons Trump?”
Here’s my answer:
Step 1: Trump Trolls mainstream media. Check.
Step 2: Trump diehards fall back into Fox News and other Pro-Trump media. Check.
Step 3: Trump gets more ridiculous. Fox News starts to call him out. Check.
Step 4: TrumpTV launches. Check.
Step 5: Trump calls out Fox News and lumps them with the mainstream media. Trump diehards abandon Fox News in droves, head to TrumpTV and Breitbart.
Step 6: As Fox News collapses, TrumpTV/Breitbart make a play for a network.
Step 7: By the time he is impeached or leaves office, Trump is a bona-fide media mogul — having gone from bankruptcy to displacing Murdoch himself.
Trump has never cared about what people think of him. And he certainly doesn’t care about this country or governing.
To him and his spawn, all he has ever cared about has been the almighty dollar.