There's reasons for all of it. Not reasons anyone with a goddamn brain should agree with. The cabal isn't a singular monolith it's multiple monoliths all contesting over their dominance and when threatened by outsiders only then converge to defeat them.
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Trump isn't a bad guy, but he's in a bad spot. Everyone is. This is a fucked (tbh God gambles on low odds) situation to anyone observing who has a mind for strategy.