"...none of this was long-game and the goal was a burst of short-term chaos."

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These aren't necessarily mutually exclusive goals. People get to Trump's office by being able to take advantage of the former with the latter, without disrupting the former. $Trump is a good example of this. He's groveling to his masters just fine, but also grabs a phat stack on the way to his knees.