Nobody Saw Ths Coming . . .

. . . and by nobody, I mean everybody.  From the Financial Times:

Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner has informally approached one of the media industry’s top dealmakers about the prospect of setting up a Trump television network after the presidential election in November.

Mr Kushner — an increasingly influential figure in the billionaire’s presidential campaign — contacted Aryeh Bourkoff, the founder and chief executive of LionTree, a boutique investment bank, within the past couple of months, according to three people with knowledge of the matter.  Their conversation was brief and has not progressed since, the people said. Mr Bourkoff and Mr Kushner both declined to comment.

However, the approach suggests Mr Kushner and the Republican candidate himself are thinking about how to capitalise on the populist movement that has sprung up around their campaign in the event of an election defeat to Democrat Hillary Clinton next month. Mr Trump has in recent days ramped up his criticism of the “dishonest and distorted” mainstream media, which he accuses of being biased against him in collusion with the Clinton campaign.

How about this for a debate question on Wednesday night: "Mr. Trump, the Financial Times reported this week that your son-in-law, Jared Kushner, has approached one of the media industry’s top dealmakers about the prospect of setting up a Trump television network after the election -- how much personal involvement do you expect to have with this new network?"

I think this will be a good move for Trump.  He loves to lie, and the folks most likely to watch his network love to be lied to. It's a match made in heaven.

UPDATE:  Ryan Lizza at The New Yorker thinks that a Trump Television Network probably will not happen.