Or it's about not knowing how any of this works and quickly backing down when you're told how much your race-baiting is actually gumming up the wheels of the economy.

But yes, it's a "throw a bunch of shit against the wall and see what sticks" chaos strategy.

It also helps sway low-information voters, who either:

- never hear about the rollback, and thus think the problem has been fixed

- believe that the rollback is caused by "enemies" instead of incompetence, thus focusing on perceived attacks

Chaos is exhausting. This also shows the risks of moving fast, the USA is so big that any small change is going to have huge unforeseen consequences. We've seen several examples of this in the last few weeks already.

Create the chaos, then be the solution.

How to be the "hero" on the Karman Drama Triangle while actually being the "villain".

Could also be valuable for Trump allies to trade on these quick reversals and there are basically no rules around it.

Trump couldn't negotiate his way out of a paper bag. All a despot has to do is compliment him and he will repeat whatever they want. It's pathetic.