17 July

Political strategy 101. Remember at school if somebody yelled 'fight!', how people would come running from all directions? The social group Trump represents doesn't have to fight for anything, they're rich and already own the US. But by pretending everything is a fight, they get millions to flock to the cause. It's what Tony Abbott and Peter Dutton and the Murdoch press and SKY News Australia do here in Oz too. Turn every issue into a fake fight, to mobilise lots of people. Worth remembering too that it was one of Trump's own supporters who shot him.