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33. He is just realizing what a trap he's in with Jack Smith and the courts.

He is desperately hoping that a combination of public opinion and the election will give him an escape. So he pleads his case in his usual way on TV to influence his followers. Yet his usual way (dissembling, gaslighting) just gives Smith more fodder for the trial.

The arrests and convictions of so many of his insurrectionist faithful remove them from his "army" of defense and inhibits others from stepping forward to that extreme. I guess it's still possible that he has some allies to develop a more successful, strategic plan for overthrowing the government. With skilled people and a good strategy of where and when to strike, I suppose they could do some damage. But, even if he still has dedicated people able and willing to go that far, he couldn't succeed in a takeover by force.

He hopes now that, if he can convince enough people that he is being politically railroaded, he will get elected and be able to pardon himself.

Grasping at anything.