This is Trump trying to help AOC and The Squad undermine Pelosi

Rep. Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez 'should treat Nancy Pelosi with respect': Trump

President Donald Trump on Friday renewed attacks on freshman Democratic lawmakers Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ilhan Omar and came to the defense of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

Trump lashed out at Ocasio-Cortez for her recent remarks responding to Pelosi's criticism of the "Squad" -- the group of four freshman including Ocasio-Cortex and Omar. 

She had said Pelosi was “singling out” Democratic women of color for criticism, calling it "disrespectful."

"I think Cortez is being very disrespectful to somebody who's been there a long time," Trump said to reporters as he left the White House for fundraisers in Wisconsin and Ohio. 

"I deal with Nancy Pelosi a lot and we go back and forth and it’s fine, but I think that a group of people is being very disrespectful to her. 

"And you know what, I don’t think that Nancy can let that go on."

"But Cortez should treat Nancy Pelosi with respect,” Trump added. 

“She should not be doing what she’s doing. 

"And I’ll tell you something about Nancy Pelosi that you know better than I do. She is not a racist, okay. She is not a racist. For them to call her a racist is a disgrace."

Ocasio-Cortez told CNN Thursday that Pelosi is “absolutely” not a racist.

Phooey.

She played the race card against NP even more egregiously than KH did against Joe B.

The president was also critical of Omar saying that he doesn’t believe she should be in office.

“I'm looking at this Omar from Minnesota and If one-half of the things they're saying about her are true, she shouldn't be in office.”

By sticking up for her T makes NP's position more uncomfortable, to say the least, though he is in fact absolutely right.

Are you listening, Arwa Mahdawi?

But why?

Why is his defending her good for him and good for Republicans?

Disarray among congressional Democrats?

Making the Democrats' leadership in both houses less effective?

Heightening the visibility and power of a minority of Democrats whose loathing of "the system," of the republic, of the "deep state", of capitalism, and of the generality of white people is worn on their sleeves and utterly rejected by as close to all Republicans and Independents as makes no difference, and by most Democrats into the bargain?

Highlighting the insubordination and arrogance of a quartet of ignorant and completely inexperienced freshmen who demand that the far more experienced leadership, and indeed the majority of congressional Democrats, cave in and dance to their tune?

Helping enhance the role in the Democratic Party of people who know their agenda and their rhetoric and their legislative choices cannot win but are willing to lose and lose and lose, again, so long as they can take over the Democratic Party?

You really don't see why a Republican president might want to do these things?