Well he's certainly doubling down on the Presidency-as-reality-show shtick. Or, hell, let's be honest, he views the Presidency as his own wrestling soap opera. This is a fued between Trump and Mika, between Trump and CNN, between hero and heel You're hit, you strike back. It's cartoon violence.
And of course now the media reacts in hands-thrown-up moral horror. A cartoon reaction to cartoon violence.
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