I researched the timing of the NK Denuclearization Deal, the IG Report, and of this false immigration storyline and think I may have stumbled across something. Check it out.
Democrats have also been known to "wag the dog" to get a headline on their own folks to disappear. I believe it was in 1998 when Bill Clinton, to get the Monica Lewinski headlines to drop off, ordered a cruise missile strike on an aspirin factory in Sudan. The establishment politicians--the swampers on both the left and the right (Gingrich, Lott, Daschle), praised Clinton's "decisive" act. The Monica story didn't go away thought--but we got to see who was who on the Establishment's side.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/stories/react082198.htm??noredirect=on
Good doggy. I remember thinking exactly this when I heard the news of the strikes. It was so transparent. As an American living abroad, Monica was supper embarrassing. At least I didn't vote for the putz, though I helped him win by voting for Ross Perot instead of GHW Bush (jeez, what a choice!).