Donald Trump doesn’t hold press conferences, he stages press events. And he doesn’t want you there if he can’t control you.

Shortly after lunch on Wednesday, I checked my email and was told Trump was going to hold a press conference at his Bedminster golf resort in New Jersey on Thursday. I had until five p.m. to request credentials. I immediately did so. Before the deadline to request credentials had expired I received, in damn near record time, a notice (highlighted in red no-less) that my request had been denied.

Trump hasn’t the temerity nor the ability to handle reality. Despite his campaign’s heralding of Trump’s willingness to speak with so-called hostile media, Trump hasn’t the courage to accept a challenge to answer tough questions. Trump has no answers to real questions and is afraid he’s going to be in prison after the end of the November general election or shortly thereafter.

With that said, and with Trump being as despicable and demented as he is, there is no guarantee he won’t win another trip to the White House. Much like a spoiled child who walks into a room to destroy a Lego village built by others, Trump got halfway through the act during his last administration before being dragged out of the room. He now wants back in to finish the job.

To prevent this wanton destruction at the hands of a blathering idiot, Democrats must show unity in Chicago at their convention. If they can, then it may well be akin to the teacher grabbing the spoiled kid before he’s able to re-enter the classroom and stomp the Lego village into garbage.

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When the Democrats show unity they are hard to stop. At the 1996 Democratic Convention in Chicago Al Gore danced his version of the Macarena in front of thousands at the United Center. It was cringe-worthy to watch, but the whole arena danced with him. The Democrats won that year. This is not a call for the Democrats to re-introduce the Macarena in Chicago this year, but a reminder that all isn’t necessarily what it appears to be. The Democrats looked silly in 1996 (well, let’s be honest they often look silly) but they looked silly together. In 2016 the Democrats came out of their convention in Philadelphia with a serious mind and seriously fractured. The so-called Bernie Bros said they either wouldn’t vote at all for president or would vote for Donald Trump as they were angry with the party for choosing Hillary Clinton over Bernie Sanders.........

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