I hope you’re right about this.
Of course he’s right. If you’re watching closely, there is a clear pattern to the way Trump manipulates the media.
He makes an inflammatory statement that leaves a key supporting piece of information out. The media goes nuts. He and his surrogates start talking about the supporting piece of missing information while the media goes into full outrage mode. Trump wins. It’s happened like 10 times already.
Trump is getting ahead of this Trump University case, which he KNOWS is going to be drawn out for political reasons and used as a tool against him. Instead of letting THEM control when they drag it out and make it a problem, he’s taking the hit NOW instead of later when it will really matter.
Now, if he wins the case, that’s great. If he loses, it’s because of this racist judge being against him and the wall he’s going to build. Any mileage they could have gotten out of it is blunted and it might even become a positive for him.
This isn’t brain surgery. Trump has taken a major problem and turned it into a win at best or a minor bump at worst.