The Donald wants the Bernie

President Donald Trump rarely conceals what’s on his mind. Over the weekend, Trump tweeted: “. . . . for the more traditional, but not very bright, Sleepy Joe Biden. Here we go again Bernie, but this time please show a little more anger and indignation when you get screwed!”

You’ll notice he demeans Sanders, but he plainly pines to run against the septuagenarian socialist who wants dangerous felons to vote— while still in prison. Trump is an old pro at ginning up resentment.

Trump is also obsessed with knocking out Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., Sanders’ primary rival on the left wing of the party. Warren has been getting praise for her detailed policy positions and was a star at the She the People gathering last week (where Sanders was booed).

So out of the blue, Trump tries again to lend Sanders’ campaign a hand.

He told attendees at his rally in Wisconsin on Saturday, “I think Pocahontas, she’s finished. She’s out. She’s gone. When it was found that I had more Indian blood in me than she did, and then it was determined I had none, but I still had more, that was the end of her 32-year scam.”

Trump is more than happy to meddle in the other party’s primary and encourage its weakest candidate.

In short, there are reasons Trump wants to clear the left lane for Sanders in the Democratic primary. Sanders remains the Democrat most easily mocked and demonized by the right. It’s why you don’t hear Trump figuring out how to juice support for Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., former vice president Joe Biden or more than a dozen other contenders.