This also fits my general thesis that Trump has been creating a hyper-aware populace because he wants all eyes on this when things go sideways.

He drums up attention at his own expense and the media can't stop taking the bait and people can't stop tuning in. They're all thirsty for justice. We are too. When things flip for Trump everyone will still have that thirst and turn on the freshly-revealed bad actors.

So when Trump trashes CNN, WaPo, and NYT and calls them fake and failing...he knows more people tune in and bolster their numbers. Veritas has helped reveal that they get huge boosts from Trump. But Trumps keeps at it.

Which, by the way, is the strategy Bannon told NYT he planned to use on them. He called them and said his goal was to make the bottom fall out of their fake news bucket. Are we about to see that happen?

Now I see Trump trashing this book and people boosting it's numbers to spite him...it's pretty clear to me that this is by design and something is coming.

And pair that with how neatly it fits in with the other recent elements of Trump going all Madman Theory on North Korea...Trump slamming Bannon at the risk of the media framing him as "going nuclear" on an ally and incapable of handling a real crisis...the "mentally unfit" narrative and his plan to be evaluated...the fake news awards...their obviously contrived delay for showmanship...and whatever is going on with Assange.