There are a lot of people who want this level of destabilization and interruption of goods and energy security. Techno feudalists want this. Trump needs to feel powerful, so someone like Peter Theil who is trying to bring about Armageddon could easily convince Trump that this move makes him look powerful instead of a target by the rest of the world.
It doesn't really matter, if any part of it gets built, we're going to tear it right the fuck down.
The better question is, why are they doing all of this without an actual purchase contract?
The hardware is often mid so I've gotten away from Motorola, but I've never enjoyed any phone as much as I did my Motorolas. If I can have Graphene OS and Moto actions... I would be so fucking happy
Yeah there's a big difference between savvy / unhinged and sundowning / irrationally incompetent
There's still the option that it was a faked death. That much wealth and power, if it could be done, that's who and when it would be done. I'm not giving it much credence without more evidence, but I've got no reason to think that it's not possible given the series of absurd happenings that morning.
We're going to be damned lucky if we get the chance for people to be played again.
Part of the new Apple power bottom design strategy.
It doesn't sound to me like he thought he was above the law. He seemed to know the consequences. He just didn't think that Trump should be above the law. Or, at the very least, above presidential decorum.

That is exactly what I would argue. And many others of course. That's the "well regulated" purpose. They didn't mean a bunch of fucking idiots with a fetish. They meant the people could always band together to fight for their freedoms. Because the nation didn't have a standing army at the time. It was a volunteer militia that gained the freedoms to begin with.