Trump keeping Ms Universe in the conversation to avoid more damaging issues..?

[kentuck]

Such as the business trips to Cuba and the videotaped subpoena over the old Post Office Bldg in Washington, DC...?

And his failure to produce his tax returns...?

And his business dealings with Russia ?

[redstateblues]

1. I thought of that also

[beachbumbob]

2. Not a chance, trump is a self centered spoiled bully with extreme

Narcism and this is his history on how he reacts to any and all confrontations...He sent avoiding anything of the kind but his exposure is no longer hidden or covered up or laughed off...We are getting front row seats to the Donald trump that crushed contractors and workers with nonpayment or reduced payment but being a mad dog...this is who he is

[greymattermom]

4. Agreed

Hillary will push those buttons next. It's a crescendo.

[kentuck]

5. From what I have observed..

He is very good at manipulating the media, including the ability to dictate what stories they will be talking about tomorrow. He knows what they like to talk about. He has the ability to change the media story of the day when he wants.

[beachbumbob]

9. Then he has really gone off the rails and is fully deluded that attacking

A former beauty queen and going after Hillary because of Bill will get him female voters who already find him offensive and disgusting...

[kentuck]

11. The beauty queen story does not hurt him with his supporters.

He would prefer to talk about that than possible illegalities or turning over his tax returns.

[beachbumbob]

16. He can't win with just his zealots..that's what I am saying..

You have to win the non-zealots and that means women...women..women

[malchickiwick]

3. Can Media Incorporated Walk and Chew Gum?

I guess we're gonna find out ...

[C_U_L8R]

6. Perhaps but those are big issues that won't go away

Trump fraud and corruption will be continue in
the headlines because Trump can't hide or resolve them,
he just stirs up more crap to obfuscate. They are also
all adding up, compounding the knowledge that Trump
is incompetent and dishonest. He's a melting ice cube.

[ffr]

7. It only adds the the pile of crap being dumped on him

or should I say exposing the top of the lid of crap about him.

Bad news about Dontald is like seeing a cockroach. When you see one, there's bound to be 40 more just like it.

[bigtree]

8. bad strategy

...people pay more attention to the titillation than they do subpoenas and tax returns.

I think they'll judge him more harshly on the erratic behavior and his tawdry tweeting than they would on policy. It's such a sordid image of himself he's providing with the focus on all of this. He's really stepped in it this time,.

[Mc Mike]

10. And all the nazi connections, and all the mob ties, and all the unravelling felony scams, and

all his business failures, and all his lying, and all his flip flops, and all of the fascistic policies he campaigns on,

and the 100% negative track record he has, in every aspect of his personal life over the last 6 decades,

etc.

[emulatorloo]

12. No he is not that smart. He's petty, thin-skinned, and he's seeking REVENGE

[world wide wally]

13. This is like a game of chess and so far Hillary is just better at it.

Trump is playing an aggressive game because he's used to a soft media and weak opponents from the primaries .
Meanwhile Hillary lets him attack and then captures another one of his pieces when he falls into a trap she has set.
This only pisses Trump off more, so he gets more aggressive and attacks more.
You know that he will deny and argue that he is NOT in checkmate even after trying every possible move to avoid it.
I wonder if he will get enraged enough to just throw the game board over and then ask for her birth certificate.

[ailsagirl]

14. Another strategy backfires

[Bernardo de La Paz]

15. Your OP assumes Donald J. tRump is not an amateur and that he actually can conceive a strategy

... a strategy beyond simply garnering $3 billion of free air time by making an ass of himself, so many times and so frequently that the media keep running to put his poop on their conveyor belt.

[karynnj]

17. If so, it is a mistake -- how you treat less powerful people, his issue with women and minorities

all are together here in a simple story which involves a pretty woman. Seriously, Donald Trump might seem like the villain in a badly written romance novel -- except he is so over the top, the author might dial back the nastiness.

It is true that nothing here broke the law .. other than not paying her. However the other stories involve understanding a lot of detailed financial documents. I do agree that the Cuba story could hurt in Florida - which would be a big deal.