This is purely speculation.
According to Betrayal: The Final Act of the Trump Show, a new book by Jonathan Karl, Donald Trump referenced January 6 in a way that, to some, sounded like bragging. Specifically, he bragged about the size of the crowd.
When I saw a partial clip of his rally from last weekend, observing his tone and rhetoric, I was struck by what seemed a lightning-bolt realization.
He’s running on the insurrection.
Not only is he running on it, from his word choices and with his obvious tone and facial expression of glee, he arranged the insurrection for just that. He staged January 6.
His message on Twitter was a casting call.
This is why his minions are in such paroxysms that they are actually being sent to jail. Why they keep saying, “Trump called us here.” “We were following orders.” Not that there was a conspiracy here—just that, in their minds, they probably thought everyone else knew that the riot was not really an insurrection.
It was all supposed to be fun and games. Until someone got shot. Now he’s running on that, too.
Talk me down!