He’s working with other people. He may be crass and a showman, but he’s not stupid. He would not be doing this if he didn’t know he had the winning hand.
I don’t think we have any idea what the motivations are; not in a world where there are billions of dollars. The level that Trump lives at includes other billionaires where they get off on manipulating. Where has Trump been for 2 years? Why now? Why has he waited this long to bring these issues out?
In anycase it’s going to be interesting for a few weeks.