There must be a broader strategic goal in play I refuse to believe that POTUS and his closest advisors haven't thought this through What if they are simply se

There must be a broader strategic goal in play I refuse to believe that POTUS and his closest advisors haven't thought this through What if they are simply selfish assholes who have concluded that bullying and greed pay off in combination with preferential attachment (the public fact of already having lots of money and power)?