[Paine in the Neck]

This is simply a demonstration of authority, in the he believes the MSM will never expose the hypocritical irony, much less flog it. I’ll bet he gets a large charge out of it.

I agree. It's of a piece with his ever so adolescent finger aside the head. He thinks he's sly and clever.

[Carry_Okie]

It's of a piece with his ever so adolescent finger aside the head. He thinks he's sly and clever.

It is also why he gets so angry that they would have the temerity to expose him to even the slightest degree.