It was his way of hijacking the news for months to keep him in the spotlight and give him an excuse for daily "briefings' that were actually BEARDS for campaign rallies.
He got bored with it so he's dropping it and moving on and dragging y'all with him. C'mon. Laugh. He did it for your amusement. You know you have to laugh on command don't you? You don't? Uh-oh. SIGH.
