For all of his lies and failures, Donald Trump has kept one promise in spades: he has consistently been the Great Disrupter. Every time he behaves in a completely unconventional way, even if it involves corruption or incompetence, his fans view it as evidence that, unlike other politicians, he keeps his word and doesn’t sell them out. They admire him for it.
That approach works, in a fashion, in normal times. But what happens when the Great Disrupter is knee deep in chaos? Is throwing gas on the fire a plausible strategy?
For him personally, maybe. For the country, resoundingly, no.