On a optimistic take, Maybe it's like how he hired John Bolton on the first go around to just scare people. It scares bitcoiners into realizing they don't control him... Always negotiating power dynamics.
I saw the rektage... Le Grande Rektum, so to say, coming before it happened. But I still got rekt because I was so disgusted that I couldn't stand to look at the shit, so I couldn't even sell it. Took a 100% loss. Felt like justice.