Trump will not be ignored.

TPM points out this dumb, lying, racist Tweet from Donald Trump which makes the accusation that President Obama issued a statement for Kwanza but not Christmas.  Of course, everything is wrong with what Trump is saying--but I have to object to the term "dog whistle" with something like this.

A "dog whistle" is so called because only dogs can hear a dog whistle--just like veiled racism is only supposed to be "heard" by the intended audience.  But this isn't a dog whistle. It's a fart noise. It's obvious, it attracts attention, and it stinks.  There's not much that's veiled or targeted about it.

It's also hard to tell what Trump's intent is in being this overt; is he truly this clueless?  Is he of the impression that this is how politics is done--like fighters trash-talking each other before a bout?  If he hasn't any real purpose to this, surely there are other ways to call attention to oneself besides being ignorant about politics.  The TPM story also notes that Trump has left the Republican party.  This is presumably so he can possibly run on the WTF was That? ticket.