Paul Musgrave writing in The Washington Post has identified one of Donald Trump’s favorite tactics.
… the battle over TikTok and WeChat is part of a now-familiar story. The president or his loyalists threaten to upend some policy, institution or norm they know others will fight to defend. Issuing the challenge can be easy: a speech, a leak, a tweet or two, about immigration rules or education regulations or cutting taxes on the rich. In response, Trump’s opponents must invest substantial time, money and effort to resist the proposal — otherwise, Trump wins by default.
Essentially, the administration has weaponized wasting everyone else’s time.
What would happen if the news media and Trump’s opponents just ignored him when he makes these outlandish threats? Maybe being ignored would so disconcert Trump that his head would explode.
Trump has weaponized wasting his opponents’ time — The Washington Post
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