I'm not sure how you discredit it as "partisan horsecrap".
Trump is going to Trump. Whether you like it or not its how he operates. His tactic in this regard has been consistent not just through his campaign but long before that: He adopts the idea that instead of defending, always attack. There are so many examples of him doing this before he even started campaigning, but one of the more famous ones is against Rosie O'Donnell.
He is and will continue to do it, that is very clear. Over time it seems to work for him. Its a style I wouldn't want the leader of the free world to adopt but, there are no surprises here.
And yes, its also very much about deflection as SCD just pointed out.
But it is, and sometimes on those attacks he's going to be right. I don't know about this particular steelworker leader but in general they have served their members poorly over the last decade.
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