(1/2) Take a raging pandemic, add economic malaise, racial unrest. Foster lack of clarity on each - no real plan to lessen any of them. Add propaganda. Non-stop. Show force - anonymous police. Attack vote by mail. Rig an investigation (it's coming). This is chaos as strategy.

(2/2) When he speaks to Putin, he speaks to the master of chaos as strategy. Russians believe whomever deals with it best, wins. He speaks to Putin a lot. This is part of the discussion and the direction we are heading. If his support system holds, we're in for a tough few months

Of course it's a tough few months regardless. But there's tough and there's TOUGH.