Thing about Trump, though, is he's both a master manipulator, and an incompetent brainworm infested idiot.
He's not a genius, he's not playing 4d chess, but he's been raised his whole life to figure people out and abuse it to his gain. I mean, that, combined with his wealth, mostly his wealth, but the manipulation too, is why he's "successful" because his actual business acumen is nonexistent.
So, he knows how to rile up reactionaries, trick the MSM into giving him a free platform, "win" debates by dominating it with facile lies, lean into his ridiculousness, entice Biden to appeal to the right, pull a stunt to distract from serious issues, etc.
He knows how to do this because it's second nature to him. It's a reflex. He's been doing it his whole life.
Thing about Trump, though, is he's both a master manipulator, and an incompetent brainworm infested idiot.
He's not a genius, he's not playing 4d chess, but he's been raised his whole life to figure people out and abuse it to his gain. I mean, that, combined with his wealth, mostly his wealth, but the manipulation too, is why he's "successful" because his actual business acumen is nonexistent.
So, he knows how to rile up reactionaries, trick the MSM into giving him a free platform, "win" debates by dominating it with facile lies, lean into his ridiculousness, entice Biden to appeal to the right, pull a stunt to distract from serious issues, etc.
He knows how to do this because it's second nature to him. It's a reflex. He's been doing it his whole life.