The real reason Trump just asked Russia to get Clinton’s emails

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What Trump said was indefensible. It’s also his whole campaign strategy in a nutshell.
Updated by Dara Lind @DLind [e-mail] Jul 27, 2016, 1:40p

In a press conference Wednesday, Donald Trump openly called for a foreign power to obtain emails written by Hillary Clinton when she was secretary of state.

Observers across the political spectrum were horrified. Clinton’s campaign said Trump had "actively encouraged a foreign power to conduct espionage against his political opponent." Even Paul Ryan had to release a statement clarifying that "Putin should stay out of this election."

Trump’s statement is impossible to defend on the merits. But it’s actually really easy to understand why he made it: Donald Trump hasn’t been in the news yet all week.

For the past two days, the press has been covering the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. The news out of Philly hasn’t all been rosy for Clinton. (In fact, it’s revealed that, at least in some respects, the Democratic Party is more ambivalent about its nominee than Republicans are about Trump.)

But Trump doesn’t care whether the news is good or bad for him if he’s not in it. And if Trump is in the news, he doesn’t think the news can ever be bad.

Donald Trump truly does believe that "all publicity is good publicity." He admitted it last week when his wife was accused of plagiarizing her convention speech from Michelle Obama. It’s how he’s conducted his entire career.

"One thing I’ve learned about the press is that they’re always hungry for a good story, and the more sensational the better," he wrote in The Art of the Deal in 1987.

"If you are a little different, or a little outrageous, or if you do things that are bold or controversial, the press is going to write about you."

What, exactly, "the press is going to write" is of secondary concern to Trump. Despite his whining on his Twitter account about "unfair" coverage from certain news outlets, it’s clear that the worst thing for Donald Trump is not to be written about at all.

"All press is good press" is Trump’s campaign strategy in a nutshell
Trump’s ability to get free media isn’t just a pe

[misterhighwasted]

1. He should be really pleased then, when his high road to treason

charges are the top news story.
What a damn idiot.

[Wellstone ruled]

2. Well it worked!

Every stinking Media outlet is all over this and their lead in about the DNC is about some ding-bat female trying to crawl over a fence. Notice this huge riot was a total of four people,one trying to climb the fence and the other three cheering her on. What a major disaster we have at hand,good grief.

[OnDoutside]

3. I cannot see how this plays well with the undecided voter.