Trump’s is now saying former president Obama is orchestrating the protests against Trump.
There’s no evidence, but we’ve come to expect Trump to make unsubstantiated claims.
Trump’s real purpose is to delegitimize the protests in the minds of his supporters. First he paints Obama as some kind of bogey man and says the protests are all because of him. Then Trump’s supporters can view protesters as some mindless army of Obama-directed drones, and no longer consider whether the protesters have some legitimate complaints that should be considered. (Yes, I see the irony.)
It’s a cheap mind game. But, sadly, it will be very effective.