I read about this earlier, and nothing surprises me anymore.
I really do think Trump is doing all of this to encourage, almost force, action against America that will involve violence. He will hope for something, anything, that can justify further action as part of what seems to be a pretty carefully thought out plan - with things happening so fast, it will be hard to stop.
I can imagine that if we get a terrorist attack, or even just a protestor that takes things too far, he will be able to start on his plans to strike militarily against people, impose censorship on the negative media, and - crikey - internment of those who are now a threat to America.
And he'll have plenty of supporters, who seem totally oblivious to how this is history repeating itself right in front of our eyes.
I only hope that Trump won't actually be able to do all the things he wants to do because there are some differences this time around. For one, rather a lot of people DO know where this is going.