During an appearance on CNN the morning after Christmas Day, a Democratic strategist was unable to pinpoint a reason why Donald Trump has unleashed a new wave of attacks on countries never mentioned during the 20204 presidential campaign.
Less than 24 hours after the president-elect went on a rage-bender on Truth Social, lashing out at Canada, Panama and Greenland, CNN host Sara Sidner began, "We don't recall Donald Trump campaigning to invade Panama and retake its famous canal. But there was the president-elect on the weekend threatening our Central American ally with punishment if it doesn't meet his demands."
Turning to guest Matt Bennett, she asked, "Matt. what do you think this signals as to what the next term is going to look like?"
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"I mean it signals chaos," he replied. "It's as if Trump took out a world map and started throwing darts and decided to threaten whatever country the darts land on."
"I mean, Greenland, Panama, Canada? No one saw any of this coming because this is what Donald Trump does –– he stirs chaos," he admitted. "It has strategic value for him because it distracts from other things he doesn't want to be talking about, but sometimes it just seems completely bizarre and made up."
"None of this makes any sense," he confessed. "And I think what it signals is that we're back to the Donald Trump that we knew in his first term, which is he wakes up every day and just stirs chaotic, bizarre things and drives the news with that."