The way I see it, it is mostly about motivating his base. Creating a negative feedback from the opposition rallies his base united against "the enemy" and has a

The way I see it, it is mostly about motivating his base. Creating a negative feedback from the opposition rallies his base united against "the enemy" and has a larger reach and impact than whatever he does in the first place. That is impact on his support, anything else doesn't matter. If it fails in court, he will use _that_ to drum up his base. So it's not a failure in that context.