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2. Trump knows he is about to become a lame duck

Trump knows he is about to be blamed for a tsunami loss.

Trump knows everybody he endorses, loses.

Trump knows that the Epstein stuff is sidelined by the war, but it will pop right back up if Trump ever talks the Pentagon to pack up their toys and come home, so he is in no hurry.

And at some level, he surely understands there is a long line of people waiting to put the knife in his back, if Mother Nature doesn't get there first.

So his strategy is to keep the war going so he doesn't have to deal with EPstein stuff, and spend most of his energy monetizing the office to the tune of billions of dollars.