I believe Trump has already publicly supported him in the past? If so, this has a chance and would send a message to Europe.
But yeah, the media would of course exploit this but so what, nobody in the world of any mental capacity believes modern journalism.
The media could try but this President fights back.So I am not worried what the media says or does.
Timing would have been better if Trump could have done something on July 4th. But this week would still work.
“Last week we celebrated our Independence from England, and I find it fitting to provide Mr. Robinson with political asylum to the United States of America.
Then put in some excerpts from our Declaration:
...Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny....
He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good...
He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people and eat out their substance....
For depriving us in many cases, of the benefit of Trial by Jury....