Trump is incapable of explaining his abstruse scandal allegations in a way that makes sense outside the Fox News Cinematic Universe.
One key difference between now and 2016 is that the mainstream media isn't doing elaborate exposition of key plot points from the Fox News cinematic universe. As a result, Trump's attacks are unintelligible to people who don't speak Breitbart.

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