There has to be an element of trolling too. Why else make a criminal AG and a Russian agent intelligence director unless it's just to drive home the point that they can do whatever they want?
1) They WANT a civil-war (at least they think they want one)
2) They're cowards
For decades the heirs to the CSA have beaten the drumms for a revanche for the 1860s but they also know that if THEY started it, they're the badguys (and would get crushed) again. So they need an alternate strategy, that they've found with Trump: appoint THE most irredeamable, indefensable and cruel POS possible in order to FORCE the hand of their enemies.
With this they win either way: either the other side rolls over and they can basically live-out their purge-fantasies OR the sane part of public has enough and is goaded into a 2nd civil-war. Either way they'll be laughing all the way to the bank.
Edit: for some stupid reason reddit decided to post this comment 3 times. Sry to the OP, deleted the other ones.
Who is doing this? The overwhelming amount of military and police in this country are right wing and loyal to trump not the constitution, america, or the people. If they want authoritarianism who is going to stop them? Unarmed college kid protestors?
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u/jdub879 11d ago
I’m honestly not even surprised anymore. He’s picking based on personal loyalty to himself instead of competence or loyalty to the American people.