Trump is well aware of the fact that he needs to stay in office in order to avoid possible prosecution. He also knows that he’s going to be aided and abetted by Fox News and the various talking heads of right-wing media no matter what he does. “I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn’t lose any voters,” he once said. And, if it would help him even just a little, he’d be happy to oblige.