What is the strategy — if indeed there is one — behind Trump’s increasingly looney-tunes conspiracy theories as he continues to push his baseless claims about election fraud? Note that in addition to Trump himself — who literally has not stopped talking about this since Election Day — three distinct groups have been promoting his bogus claims: first, multiple charismatic “prophets and apostles” (many of whom confidently “prophesied” a Trump victory and were proven to be charlatans), as well as a great many voices on the Christian Right. Second, voices on the political right, including: far-right media outlets such as Breitbart, OANN, Newsmax, and other voices such as Roger Stone; military veterans, including Michael Flynn, Scott O’Grady and Thomas McInerney; and finally, key members of the Republican Party, who either agreed with Trump’s assertions, or said nothing, simply letting his remarks go unchallenged.

Third, they’ve also been pushed by his legal team, headed up by the sweaty, eye-bulging disgrace of the former SDNY prosecutor and NYC mayor, Rudy Giuliani, and the rest of the “crack legal team” representing Trump in his increasingly failing lawsuits. But even far-right conspiracist attorney Sydney Powell proved to be too much of a liability, and she was finally dismissed — although she continues to appear in various places like GA, alongside equally nutty lawyer, and rabid Trump cheerleader Lin Wood. At one point near the end of December 2020, there was even…