Clinton's 2016 campaign had a deliberate strategy of elevating Trump at every opportunity, because they perceived him as easy to defeat. Through connections, he

Clinton's 2016 campaign had a deliberate strategy of elevating Trump at every opportunity, because they perceived him as easy to defeat. Through connections, her campaign staff sought to elevate his status and media coverage. All of this is according to the DNC email leaks. This backfired spectacularly, of course. But the Democrats are responsible for Trump, they literally threw gas on the fire of his popularity.