How Trump Distracts Public by Playing the Press

https://link.washingtonpost.com/view....2ueg/ec07e7a5

Well done piece by James Hohmann for the Wash Post. Discusses teh wiretapping allegations against Obama, and lists other examples of Trump playing the press by saying something outrageous to distract from something he views as more damaging:

The president knows the media cannot ignore him when he says something so inflammatory, and he believes there will be no real consequences for him if it turns out that everything he said was nonsense. After all, there haven’t been up until now.