Must be Pattons plans to invade Sicily.
Makes sense.
>The Collapse: The federal government struggles to maintain order as the constitutional order teeters on total collapse.
AKA The Precipice.
We are finally near the precipice.
We can see it from the mountaintop.
He probably didn't give the others a piece of the action. You have to spread the grift around to those who could bust you so they don't bust you.