I know what you mean. I have no doubt that this theory is more or less true, just from game theory and logic, and understanding that Trump had to have seen all this coming, and this was the only way to defeat the DS - by getting out of their way and allowing them to wake up the American people.

There is no way in hell he was taken by surprise. He was never in crisis mode. He was strutting even as he left the WH. Despite being disappointed I knew at that point he had an ace up his sleeve.