Let me try this again. To answer: yes, the antiTrumpers certainly sure do try to "wag the dog" - cause a persuasive movement in any large body of influence, i.e., a mass of people, through means by which a lesser influence is utilized.
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=wag%20the%20dog

Facts--so annoying to some, right?!