September 12, 2018
Trump has been accused of using his Tweets as shiny objects designed to distract his detractors and the media from his actual agenda. I think there is probably some truth in this although it is giving the President way too much credit for having a coherent strategy. My prediction is that former President Barack Obama will become Trump’s shiny object.
Obama is on the campaign trail advocating for Democratic candidates in the 2018 elections. He has and will invariably take, without naming names, swipes at Trump and his policies. Obama will bait him by taking credit for the economic recovery, which is true. It started in 2008. All Trump did is goose an already growing economy by increasing the deficit by $1T. I refer you to today’s CBO number showing the deficit has grown 32%. If you gave me a $1T, I could make the stock market go up. According to the Woodward book, this is the same guy who asked why we can’t just print money to fix the deficit. Trump will not be able to resist the Obama shiny object, and will take the bait.
He will make the election about himself versus Obama, giving Democratic candidates the freedom to make the election about failed policies and solutions. He will not have the time, energy, or enough Twitter characters to attack both Democratic candidates and Obama. Obama will play rope-a-dope, and Trump and his party will go down like a fake wrestler.
The Spin Doctor 