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Trump isn’t a actually stupid. He’s just an asshole and normal people don’t get it.

But if the judge left himself off, and if Trump can make him adjust the order to add himself, or otherwise indicate that he’s upset that he’s being targeted himself, Trump can and will then argue that the judge is making personal decisions and ask try to make drama about recusing. Which won’t go anywhere, but will ramp his followers up further.

He knows exactly what he’s doing.

Russia has begun all of its recent invasions by claiming it is stepping in to protect ethnic Russians from persecution.