This guy isn't even a distraction. 99.99% of Americans have never heard of him when he announced. I bet 99.99% of Americans still do not know about him. Most couldn't name a single candidate beyond Trump and Clinton--No need to.
You mean "imply," as to "infer" is to deduce. Common grammatical error, like saying "As of yet," an uneducated attempt to sound knowledgeable which actually makes one sound stupid if the listener is educated. The actual term is "as yet," not "as of yet."
Way too many imbeciles got the microphone before learning English, and the rump-hanging dunces never looked back...