When Trump is guilty of doing something bad he attacks his opponent for doing the same thing first

[jimbobboy18]

When Trump is guilty of doing something bad or wrong he always attacks his opponents of doing the same thing first.

He does this all the time. I believe this may be a debate tactic. When you have a weakness, you attack your opponent for having the same weakness first, and this diminishes the value of your opponent’s attack on you.

For instance Trump wants to cheat in the election by manipulating and controlling who votes to make it tough for Democrats to vote, so he accuses Democrats of using fraudulent voting methods such as mail in voting.

He is either a communication genius or a lying scumbag with no morals, or perhaps a strong combination of both.

[targetpractice]

1. Karl Rove advocated for this practice years ago...

It is infuriating, but effective.

[flamin lib]

2. During the 2016 debates Hillary Clinton

referred to Trump as Putin's Puppet.

Trump's response; 'No puppet! No puppet! Your're the puppet!'

ETA

[catbyte]

3. It's right out of the Goebbels playbook.

[crickets]

7. Yep, along with the 'Big Lie' and DARVO

Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim and Offender. These are common gaslighting tactics of narcissists and abusers.

[love_katz]

4. My vote goes for the lying scum bag with no morals.

I don't give Twitler any credit at all. The evil genius comes from the enablers who are propping him up. And his base are also scum bags, blindly devoted to the Repukes ' hateful agenda.

[PatSeg]

6. For Trump, it is a tactic

that he's used for years, so it has just become second nature for him. Its not like he puts any great thought or effort into it, he just reacts out of habit.

[Baked Potato]

5. He does it because it works. Lawyer tactic to create doubt.

Also easily modifiable for a salesman to use.