Bannon spoke the quiet part out loud today
WHY NOT TRUMP?
He said let's get Trump in as Speaker. Think maybe that was the plan all along? It's what Killary and Co. feared the most. Maybe Trump supported McCarthy knowing he didn't have the votes to be speaker and took advantage of the optics. Would Trump have the votes? If not, he'd sure see who was truly against him in 2024. Imagine if Trump was Speaker and quarterbacked his core MAGA to investigate Biden and Kamala. Enough would be uncovered rather quickly that they would have to step aside and Trump steps into the WH as third in line to Presidency.
All this might sound far fetched but after the last 2 years, nothing would surprise me.
Maybe so it doesn't look like a Trump coup. Same reason he says shit like Biden will be president until 2024. Maybe it's true and that is the plan, but if not the reason would likely be to separate himself from what happens.
Same thing here. Make it look like it's not just a Trump plan to take the speaker position. Make it look like the Reps looked around for a viable candidate before eventually centering on Trump.
If the goal is to avoid a civil war, having Trump appear to overthrow the "rightful" government is not going to achieve that. If he looks like he stumbled back to the presidency through sheer dumb luck, a civil war may be avoidable.
I mean, what would a civil war in 2023 even look like? Personally, I think it's avoided either way. Nobody wants a civil war except the far lefties and members of the uniparty who hid behind concertina wire at the capitol building.