Opinion: What Trump learned from Newt Gingrich

When the going gets tough, President Donald Trump distracts. This is the essence of his media strategy: give journalists the red meat of controversy and they won't be able to resist the temptation. With the President's will to say or do almost anything -- such as tweeting out the video of a supporter yelling "White Power!" to protesters at the Villages retirement community in Florida -- he's confident that his Twitter feed and his blistering rallies might give him some wiggle room to survive in the fall.