As I've been saying for months, Donald Trump is five steps ahead of everyone else, including the dolts at CNN who think they're smart. Do they not see that Trump is playing them like a musical instrument? Example: Trump says that Barack Obama founded ISIS. His objective in saying this is obviously to get people talking about the role Obama played in the rise of ISIS. This helps Trump and hurts Hillary Clinton, because both Obama and Clinton are responsible for the rise of ISIS. CNN, meanwhile, thinks Trump is speaking literally (instead of strategically and provocatively) and devotes hour after hour to (1) wondering how he can believe what he says and (2) expressing shock, outrage, and horror at what he says (or what they think he means).
I've stopped watching CNN. I have a low tolerance for stupidity. I've also stopped reading the National Review and the Weekly Standard, the editors and writers of which are working overtime to get Hillary Clinton elected (which means the end of almost everything they value, from freedom of expression to the right to own firearms to fetal life to limited government). Here is Scott Adams's take on Trump's latest act of brilliance.
