In President Donald Trump's arena, this is how you shift the American attention away from a feud with MSNBC's "Morning Joe" crew:

The president explains himself here:

From the Associated Press on the wrasslin' video:

Trump's been stepping up verbal attacks on the media — and cable networks particularly. But an adviser thinks "no one would perceive that as a threat. I hope they don't."

White House homeland security adviser Tom Bossert also tells ABC that he thinks Trump's "beaten up in a way on cable platforms that he has a right to respond to."

White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said last week Trump "in no way, form or fashion has ever promoted or encouraged violence.""

On NBC’s “Meet The Press,” Tom Price, secretary of health and human services, tried to deflect a first question on Trump’s Tweets: