@GottaLaff I'm not sure it was a disaster at all. He wanted to 1. grab headlines for fueling them-vs-us racial conflict, 2. excite his base by showing how brazenly racist he's willing to be (à la asking April Ryan if the Congressional Black Caucus were friends of hers—deliberately open racism), 3. make it look like PoC with any power or influence will use it to abuse white men, 4. portray journalists as fake.

He may have accomplished exactly what he intended.

@junecasagrande @GottaLaff
I agree

I think Trump's weirdly hostile "outreach" to Black voters is really a warped way to draw in more Whites.

We *know* that Trump uses division to force people to choose sides. His outreach allows White who dislike him to say "He's trying to reach out, but they just keep attacking him. I may not like him, but Dems are worse.

We need to emphasize his "racism" less and his "weirdness", " meanness" and "hate" more. His NABJ was awful because he was MEAN!

@TCatInReality @junecasagrande @GottaLaff I would add whiny and weak to that, as well. Everyone is so mean to him, it's so unfair. He never shuts up about it.

I would point out that their "strongman" is a petulant man-baby at every opportunity.