Honestly I don't think Trump's horrendous MSG event was some brilliant calculation. It felt like he listened to people like his idiot sons.
@StevenSavage I think he loves to cause consternation and chaos and I'm afraid that he and Thiel and Musk have something brewing that gives him the confidence to only pander to his base and forget about a real ground game.
@StevenSavage you're right but Musk, Thiel, and other ultra libertarians have been having wet dreams for years about dismantling our pluralist democracy and remaking America into the unfettered capitalist utopia of the universe. The chances are high that if Trump doesn't win, they have contingencies in place. I'd say there's a 70% chance that if Trump gets in, these amoral assholes will get his "loyal" cabinet to invoke the 25A and install their errand boy Vance.
@hallmarc he's not that smart, he doesn't calculate or think in plans. This is just who he is, whatever else.