After watching LaVar's interview on CNN, I have to think that he planned this story from the beginning. Told his son to go shoplifting in China just a few days before the President goes there as well. He knew that it is Trump's job to speak on behalf of these guys and he knew that Trump would make a huge deal out of his help for them. That gave LaVar the opportunity to say some things about Trump, which he took as an insult. And once the President calls you out on Twitter, the stage is yours. It was the perfect opportunity for LaVar to get even more attention than he could have ever imagined. Obviously a very risky move, but they call him Big Baller for a reason.
This man gets it.
Honestly LaVarr Ball would be a better candidate than 3/4 of the 2020 Democratic field to take on Trump.
Trump gets it, too. He knows full well his image, and he knows full well the concepts of "branding" and "brand messaging".
What an opportunity for Trump to help Big Baller's brand to get a boost, whether he intended this or not? And maybe he DID intend to "help" Big Baller's brand. How far removed would that be from, say, LBJ telling some of his Senate friends in electoral trouble, "I'll speak for you or against you; whichever will do the most good."?
This whole thing has a WWE professional wrestling aura to it. I suspect that at least SOME of Trump's Twitter Feuds are of that nature. I'm not sure that's what I want in a President, but I do prefer this to the insufferable to the politeness of the Bushes who, with good manners and clean language, hire folks like Lee Atwater and benefit from his work.
