While I do believe that there are stories that Trump doesn't want told, it's not because he thinks it will get him into legal trouble, or it will prevent him from executing his agenda. It's been demonstrated that he's not going to get in any legal trouble, and he doesn't care about his so-called policy agenda, as long as he's making money and can continue to boast about how great he is. The perception he's doing things to distract from other things is for the very banal reason that he doesn't like the image that it conveys. Trump isn't really concerned about getting anything done — for him it's all about how it makes him look. He does things, not for any strategic purpose, including the strategy of distraction to avoid consequences, but just because he feels like it.
Even as recently as the instigation of the war against Iran, no consistent rationale has been forthcoming. About the best we can get is that he "had a feeling". He refuses to answer questions, attacking the questioners (usually women) because the act of questioning unveils his ignorance or incompetence in whatever area in which he is being questioned. He governs via an ongoing pursuit of the pat on the head. This carries over to the people that he has appointed to what used to be responsible positions in his government. Have you ever watched the video of a Trump cabinet meeting? A gathering of all the top people in government? They go around the table taking turns praising him. Some of them know better, but they all understand that if they're going to retain power they will have to feed Trump's ego. Not to mention be prepared to be thrown under the bus on occasion. Look what happened to DHS Secretary Puppykiller — she wasn't removed because her ICE goons had killed people, or were arresting citizens, or any of the myriad DHS depredations, but because she honestly (as far as we know) admitted that Trump had approved something that was turning into an embarrassment...to Trump.
Even his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election can be traced back to his ego. It was obvious that he didn't have any specifics to back up his allegations that the Democrats cheated to get Biden elected. It all came down to to his belief that his self-perceived greatness was enough to re-elect him. Even going back to 2016, it wasn't sufficient that he secured a comfortable win in the Electoral College, he regularly bragged about winning "by a lot", or referred to a nonexistent landslide, or claimed that he would have won the popular vote (again, by "a lot") if "millions of illegals" hadn't voted. He was at it again in 2024, when once again winning wasn't enough. His Electoral College margin was about the same as his in 2016 and Biden's in 2020 — he received more votes that Harris, but a fraction of a percent under 50% — but again he was claiming a "mandate", a "landslide" and that he won "by a lot". Even now, he can't bring himself to admit that the miraculous, magical, recovery of the economy that he promised on "Day One" still hasn't materialized — he's made it worse with his insane tariffs and the war in Iran boosting the cost of consumer goods and now gasoline.
What makes it all worse is that despite the cost to the country, and the damage that it's doing to the Republican Party (The Republicans will probably lose the House in November) he personally will not be subject to any consequences. The Supreme Court has taken anything that could possibly be construed as an official act off the table for future prosecution. Even if a case could be made in 2029 after he is out of office, how likely is it that the clock won't run out before he kicks the bucket. He doesn't care about his party losing power — he's governing as a dictator and even with a Democratic Congressional majority there will never be enough Senate votes to remove him after impeachment. (The Constitution requires 2/3 of members present, 67 out of 100 — never going to happen). Even without the ability to move what is laughably called his agenda forward, he's still getting richer from all the corruption he's can still cosplay as a world leader.
There's nothing that anyone can do about it and he doesn't care.
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