Lynn Sweet: Trump’s Talking About Charlie Gard to Impress Religious Right

EXCERPT:

JANSING: "Do you think that there is some outreach here, Lynn, to the religious right and what the President tweeted?"
SWEET: “Chris, absolutely. Everyone’s heart goes out to the baby and the parents. It is a heartbreaking situation. But we do have the context, as you pointed out. It is appealing to the Republican base, and also let me just put this out here, as you know, Chris, President Trump is heading to Europe, to Germany for the G20. We know that the prime minister of Britain, Theresa May, has not taken a stand on the Charlie Gard case, yet President Trump has. So he’s going over to this international meeting where he put on his plate — he did not have to — taking on the Charlie Gard issue, in a sense making it one of his causes which just adds another complication potentially to his G20 meetings.”