have plausible deniability. Obama said it couldn't be done. Case closed.

I was just thinking the same thing when I ran across your thread. Now it will be even more difficult to call out Rethuglican shenanigans. I fear we underestimate drump's ability to manipulate media spin at our peril. He may be a whore-monger and slug but he has been around the block a few times when it comes to setting up his competition to fail.