The chaotic nature of major foreign policy moves, such as the Venezuelan operation, could be strategic. By creating an overwhelming and confusing news cycle, the administration can deliberately divert media and public attention away from damaging domestic issues like the Epstein files.

In the old media world, the response to a gaffe was damage control and avoidance. In today's direct, high-volume media environment, the strategy has flipped. Horowitz states the answer to a mistake is not to apologize or retreat but to 'flood the zone' with a continuous stream of new content, quickly moving the conversation forward.

The media landscape has shifted from a few press channels to infinite creator channels. The old strategy was message control ("what can I not say?"). The new strategy is authenticity and volume; a gaffe is fixed by creating more content, not by apologizing.

Powerful figures like Trump and Musk strategically deploy headline-grabbing announcements as 'weapons of mass distraction.' This is not random behavior but a calculated tactic to divert public and media attention away from core weaknesses, whether it's a political scandal (Epstein) or a flawed business model (Tesla as just a car company).

Seemingly childish trolling, like posts about Greenland or publishing private texts, serves a strategic purpose. This "chaos monkey" behavior dominates media cycles, effectively diverting public attention from substantive issues like Russia's war in Ukraine, critical domestic investigations, and the Epstein files.

When a politician suddenly makes a previously ignored issue intensely important, they are likely employing misdirection. The goal is to control the news cycle and public attention, either to distract from a more significant action happening elsewhere or to advance a hidden agenda unrelated to the stated crisis.

Harris argues that Trump's absurd claims, like immigrants eating pets, are a calculated method. By saying something shocking, he forces everyone to focus on the outrageous, effectively diverting attention from his lack of concrete plans on critical issues like the economy.

The political strategy of overwhelming discourse with information, or "flooding the zone," has been adopted by the tech industry. Companies use it for rapid, dominating product launches, while AI-content creators leverage it to saturate platforms, risking a "slopification" of media.

An administration has no incentive to fully resolve a major public scandal because its unresolved nature makes it a perfect "red herring." It can be used repeatedly to distract the public and media from current policy failures or other damaging news, making perpetual ambiguity more politically useful than transparency.