Did Trump orchestrate the 'Hamilton' debacle to distract us or is life just a distraction?

Is Donald Trump deliberately trying to distract us, or are we just witnessing another poorly-timed facet of his perplexing character?

This is the question that came to mind after Trump unsurprisingly dominated headlines over the weekend for an unexpected reason.

One might assume that President-elect Trump settling his Trump University fraud lawsuit for $25 million on Saturday would be the talk of the town, instead, everyone was buzzing about the conveniently-timed fight he decided to pick with the cast of Hamilton.

In the wake of Friday evening's theater boos and cast comments directed at Hamilton audience member Mike Pence, Trump hopped online to release a tirade of tweets against the production. Many feel the tweetstorm was simply a smokescreen, hiding THE TRUTH.

In the midst of the unanticipated broadway drama, some brave souls stopped to marvel at the fact that the Hamilton debacle was starting to overshadow Trump's lawsuit settlement, a class-action lawsuit that had the power to severely tarnish his reputation.

Is Trump trying to distract us from his lawsuit?

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Let's examine the situation.

Blown WAY out of proportion

In the days following the Hamilton call for conversation, Trump seemed to be the only one still riled up about the incident. Interesting...

Coming to Pence's aide like a father whose son had just been bullied by his peers, Trump demanded an apology from the cast of the show on Saturday, boldly claiming they "harassed" him -- which is rich, considering Trump himself has a history ripe with racist and misogynistic comments directed at minorities.

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Actor Brandon Victor Dixon, who plays Aaron Burr in the production, read a message to Pence as he was escorted out of the theater, which was far from hateful.

"We, sir, are the diverse America who are alarmed and anxious that your new administration will not protect us, our planet, our children, our parents, or defend us and uphold our inalienable right," Dixon said. "We truly hope this show has inspired you to uphold our American values and work on behalf of all of us."

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According to the New York Times, Pence could hear his remarks while standing just outside the theater, and later admitted that he was not offended by the comments made.

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While Pence tried to put the drama behind him, his running-mate Trump continued to add fuel to the fire. On Sunday, Trump unleashed his fingers again, tweeting and then deleting a message aimed at the cast.

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And later, apparently unable to control himself, Trump once again demanded the cast and producers of the "highly overrated" musical apologize to Pence for their "terrible" behavior.

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As David Frum, a former speechwriter for president George W Bush told The Guardian, “The controversies will divert you from the scandals."

Remarkable timing, don't you think?

Just 14 minutes before Trump launched into his Hamilton talk, he tweeted the outcome of his lawsuit, announcing he had settled "for a small fraction" of his potential award because he has to go focus on America.

He then casually sent another tweet that seemed to downplay the severity of the lawsuit, writing, the "ONLY bad thing" about winning the election is the fact that he could not devote more time to winning his trial.

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Many who are perplexed as to why Trump would make such a huge deal out of a peaceful message from the Hamilton cast feel it's clearly a diversion from the settlement.

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Just Trump being Trump?

Though the timing of the two events is a bit suspicious, who is to say that Trump is not just, well, being Trump.

As this election has shown us, the president-elect has never been one to shy away from confrontation or sharing his opinions on his favorite platform, and even his campaign members know he can't always be trusted to type his own thoughts.

Perhaps as Twitter user @shannonrwatts suggests, "Trump is not a brilliant strategist" trying to distract us with his Hamilton rage, but rather an easily irritated man with access to a Twitter account.

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While we may never know Trump's intentions behind his Hamilton cast outburst, it was still an outburst, and it does matter.

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Don't let Trump's Hamilton comments serve as a distraction, and definitely don't let the accusations that Trump's Hamilton comments are a distraction serve as a distraction because then we are all distracted by all the distractions. Yep.

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