I don’t know if the President is coordinating the news releases or some incompetent staffers who are well over their head. When the administration does something stupid they try to get the public to look at something less stupid or inane. Today they revoked former CIA Director John Brennan’s security clearance. The notification was dated over two weeks previously. This release which was pulled back so today’s date could be shown on the text (another screw-up).

Was this done because they wanted to change the public’s attention from the media’s editorial on Trump’s attack on the media , his self-inflicted wounds, the Manafort trial, the negative impact of tariffs, and/or the Mueller investigation? Has the wounds become so massive that it is impossible to keep diverting attention from one screw-up by creating another one (a sleight of hand).

These self-inflicted wounds occur almost every day and often several times in the same day. Since the President wants to be in the spotlight, he is the cause of almost all the wounds himself. Some current and past White House staffers have commented on his mental capacity and stability. His tweets have given mental professionals cause to publicly question his condition. His staff tries to control and moderate his constant need for attention and admiration. His demand for the Senate Majority Leader, the Speaker of the House, and several cabinet members to “Tell you how great I am” while he sat like a king near the lectern indicates a 26th amendment possibility.

He once said “I could kill somebody on Madison Avenue and still get elected”, or his statement “you knew I was a snake before you elected me.” Perhaps his 30% base is ignorant of his screw-ups or are just stupid.