It's part of his Modus Operandi to flood the news cycle with too many scandals to keep up with. So, we get used to it. It ain't rocket science! It's merely observation of human behavior. So simple, even a caveman could do it...and he has.
1, 2, 5 & 8 happening on the same day as 3 is proof you are correct.
1.
Donald Trump apologizes for graphic comments about women in hot mic recording from 2005
The Washington Post on Friday released audio of an extremely vulgar conversation Donald Trump had in 2005 with former
Access Hollywood host Billy Bush. "I'm automatically attracted to beautiful [women] — I just start kissing them," Trump says while he and Bush ogle a nearby woman. "And when you're a star, they let you do it. You can do anything. ... Grab them by the p---y." Trump initially issued a statement dismissing the conversation as "locker room banter," adding, "Bill Clinton has said far worse to me on the golf course." But as furor over the comments grew, he released an apology video just after midnight on Saturday, saying, "Anyone who knows me knows these words don't reflect who I am. I said it, I was wrong, and I apologize." He also argued Hillary Clinton's record in office is a more serious offense than his crude remarks and pledged "to be a better man tomorrow." [
The New York Times, The Week]
2.
GOP heavyweights denounce Trump's remarks about women
The graphic remarks Donald Trump made about women in 2005 have thrown the GOP into tumult, with multiple big-name Republicans denouncing Trump's comments, retracting their endorsements, or even calling on him to step out of the presidential race. House Speaker Paul Ryan called Trump's words "sickening" and uninvited the candidate from a scheduled joint event, while Trump's running mate, Mike Pence, is
reportedly "beside himself." Trump faced particular backlash from Utah Republicans: Utah Sen. Mike Lee told Trump to drop out, while Utah Gov. Gary Herbert
and Utah Rep. Jason Chaffetz took back their endorsements. Nevertheless, the Republican National Committee
denied a report that party leadership is meeting "to discuss what options the party has going forward in case Trump isn't the nominee." [
The Hill, Politico]
3.
U.S. government accuses Russia of hacking election system
The Obama administration on Friday formally accused the Russian government of attempting to "interfere with the U.S. election process" via a series of cyber attacks, including hacking the Democratic National Committee. "We believe, based on the scope and sensitivity of these efforts, that only Russia's senior-most officials could have authorized these activities," read a joint statement from the Department of Homeland Security and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. The statement further blamed Vladimir Putin's government for leaking the stolen information to sites such as WikiLeaks and DCLeaks. U.S. intelligence officials for weeks have unofficially pointed fingers at the Kremlin, but this statement marks the first public accusation. [
NBC News, The Washington Post]
4.
Hurricane Matthew downgraded to Category 1 after killing nearly 900 in Haiti
Hurricane Matthew was downgraded to a Category 1 storm Saturday as it headed toward the Carolinas, though flooding, winds up to 85 mph, and storm surges up to 9 feet are expected. "I just want to emphasize to everybody that this is still a really dangerous hurricane, that the potential for storm surge, loss of life, and severe property damage exists," President Obama
said Friday as the storm weakened. Before making landfall in the United States, Matthew wreaked havoc in Haiti, where the death toll has nearly reached 900 with tens of thousands more Haitians displaced or made homeless by the storm's devastation. [
Reuters, USA Today]
5.
Leaked Wall Street speeches see Clinton worry about email security
Transcripts of closed-door speeches Hillary Clinton gave to Wall Street bankers were published
by WikiLeaks Friday as attachments to leaked emails from Clinton campaign staff, sharing with the public content the Democratic nominee refused to release herself. In comments at a 2013 conference sponsored by Goldman Sachs, Clinton expressed concern about digital security threats, particularly from China and Russia. Clinton described disabling her devices while traveling abroad to avoid hacking, but FBI Director James Comey has since said she did no such thing. The documents
also see campaign staff discussing how to deal with off-message speech excerpts — "policy positions that we should give an extra scrub" — to avoid bad press. [
Associated Press, Politico]
8.
Evangelical campus organization asks employees to resign over gay marriage position
InterVarsity, one of the largest evangelical Christian organizations on American college campuses nationwide, has asked employees who do not share its official view on same-sex marriage to disclose their conflict and resign. The policy was first reported by
Time on Thursday and rapidly fueled culture war flames, with critics leveling charges of bigotry on Friday as the story spread. InterVarsity said in a statement its policy does not concern the legality of gay marriage, only employees' theological perspective; and the ministry's vice president, Greg Jao,
said InterVarsity does not actively question employees on their view but simply asks them to come forward if they do not share the organization's stance. [
Time, Christianity Today]