A Tactic

President Trump likes to exercise his Constitutional right of free speech to Twitter hate and bile and stupidity. Most of the civilized public like to react by commenting, screaming, and loudly bemoaning his outrageousness.

What if that is what he wants. His Twitter account serves and a public distraction. He says something (an official something, I might add) and we forget to look at what the men behind the curtain are doing to our country. Like trying to take away easier healthcare access for over 22,000,000 people so there can be a tax cut for the top 1% while raising most others taxes and medical expenses. Or enable companies to ignore environmental regulations that have saved and will save countless lives. Or selloff our national treasures including national monuments, forests, and parks.

 Trump is shouting “Fire” in the theater! We are jumping up and running out the door. He is sitting down with his friends and watching the movie with his friends with out all that riff-raft, the folk. It is good strategy so far. We are falling for it. But at some point soon we need to find the counter strategy or we will lose what makes the United States such a great country and the envy of most of the world. It drives Russia crazy, our success. But our country is under threat.

 Here is one possible counter tactic:

 When Trump tweets, read the tweet, go through your reaction, BUT DON’T RESPOND TO IT! The press may ask one question about it then turn its total attention to what “the men behind the curtain” are doing. If the president says anything about policy, the press should put pressure on him about it. But any public statements with personal attacks, that are truly indicative of his stupidity and ignorance, and his immaturity should be ignored as much as possible. Stay focused, stay alert, and stay the course! Resist!

When Trump’s efforts for distracting go without responses or reaction, we will not be feeding his ego. We will be bringing pressure to our legislators to actually represent us for a change. November, 2018, is still a long way away. But by making our legislators realize that their careers will be over because of our astute observations of their behaviors and efforts, we might be able to stop this destruction in its tracks.