Remember my earlier post about the games Trump, as a great narcissist, plays? One of narcissistic tricks is to start a new game when it looks like another, still ongoing game is not letting the narcissist win.
That is the best way of understanding why Trump suddenly tells us that he is taking hydroxychloroquine. Journalists can't ignore this new game, for obvious reasons, and so the media attention moves away from the game Trump no longer wants to be played.
That earlier game is about Trump firing four inspector generals in the last two months. The most recent firing, that of the State Department's inspector general, Steve Linick, is the most controversial of these. Trump really doesn't want the media to focus on whether the fired inspector general was investigating Pompeo and whether Pompeo then asked him to be fired:
The State Department Inspector General who was fired by President Donald Trump late Friday was investigating his administration's use of emergency powers to sell weapons to Saudi Arabia despite congressional opposition, according to a senior Democratic lawmaker.
Inspector General Steve Linick is the latest federal watchdog removed by Trump and the latest impeachment player who may have faced some form of presidential retaliation. Pompeo recommended his dismissal and supported the president's decision, a senior State Department official told ABC News Friday.
The watchdog office was also looking into whether Pompeo used staff to run personal errands, according to a congressional aide.
That game doesn't look great for Trump. So he starts one of his "scandal" games. Those won't bother his base much at all but will keep the media, and the public, occupied.