Donald Trump is not the smartest person to inhabit the White House, and he proved that by unnecessarily picking a fight with superstar performer Bad Bunny after his performance at the Super Bowl. Here's how Chris Cillizza put it:
“Nobody” understands what Bad Bunny was singing? I mean, according to the Census Bureau, there are 41 million Americans who speak Spanish as their first language at home!
Here’s what is most remarkable to me: For Republicans to win — or at least avoid disaster — in the coming midterms, they are going to need Latino voters. In Texas. In Florida. In Arizona. In California. And it lots of other places too.
Why then turn this joyous Bad Bunny performance into a political fight?
The short answer is that Trump can’t help himself. He is, at heart, a guy who watches TV and pops off with his opinions. He can’t turn that off — even as president.
But this attack on Bad Bunny should be yet one more nail in the coffin of the notion that Trump is always playing politics at a higher level than mere mortals can understand.
This is bad politics. It’s a dumb fight to pick with a massive community whose votes you need.
He ain’t playing three-dimensional chess. Hell, he might not even be playing checkers at this point.
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