If I were Pres. Trump I’d stay completely out of it.
But you're not the president, so you know he will probably tweet about it. If for no other reason than to defend himself and his supporters. It's in his nature to do so.
Republicans have chosen to be silent and sit on their hands during incidents like this for too long. Now that this "attack" is looking like a hoax, we should be talking loudly about it.
DemocRATS attacked President GW Bush for years and he did nothing, thinking it was below the office to fight back. That strategy just emboldened the democRATS to get worse.
Because if we don't defend ourselves, no one else will. Not the cops. Not the media. Not our opposition, the democRATS.
And the only thing the public will remember is that some queer black actor was attacked by two racist, homophobic, MAGA Trump supporters. They won't remember or read or hear about the story being fake because the media will sweep it under the rug.