The hangout with Black journalists went as expected: Trump being as rude and disgusting as possible for points or attention or both. He wins even if he loses, because he gets his jollies being rude and disgusting.

Trump falsely asserted during an event with Black journalists that Harris was “Indian all the way” and suddenly “became a Black person.” He also gave credence to those suggesting Harris doesn’t deserve to be vice president by saying she “could be” in the job because of a push for diversity, equity and inclusion. And he lambasted one of the events’ Black moderators as “very rude,” turning the event into a spectacle that could refocus attention on his own 2024 White House campaign.

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Trump has long been willing to wade into fraught political territory with inflammatory statements, many of them touching on racial issues. His comments about Harris are just the latest example.

“I didn’t know she was Black until a number of years ago when she happened to turn Black and now she wants to be known as Black. So, I don’t know, is she Indian or is she Black?” Trump said Wednesday.

Is Trump a German Nazi or a Nazi German?

“Chaos is his friend, it’s a partner he uses,” University of Illinois-Chicago political science and communication professor Zizi Papacharissi said in an interview before Wednesday’s event. “Chaos and noise is an election strategy for him. Above all he’s trying to create noise and distraction.”

It’s an election strategy but it’s also his happy place. He loves being shitty. He loves it the way real people love dogs or travel or cats or art or music or conversation. Trump is all about the recreational bullying and belittling.

Picking a fight is a favorite Trump pastime. His appetite for conflict was evident from the beginning of Wednesday’s event, when he excoriated a journalist for her first question noting his history of racially-charged language and asking why Black voters should trust him.

“I don’t think I’ve ever been asked a question in such a horrible manner, the first question,” Trump responded, adding “I think it’s a very rude introduction.”

Trump criticized the reporter again later, saying she treated him “very rudely.”

Trump treats everyone very rudely. See above. It’s his strategy but it’s also his fun.