He knows he's going to lose, so he's just shouting any crazy thing he can think of to try to provoke a violent confrontation (literally the only thing that can save him from going to prison).
The polls show them nearly tied and he's got backup plans to steal in several states. He's also an extreme narcissist. This is Trump when he thinks he will win.
Which is somehow even more terrifying. If Harris was up 20pts in swing states and he was pulling this shit you could explain this as him trying to get a violent organization going.
But this race is a coin flip - and he's fucking still inciting violence. What the hell is he going to do if he wins?
Yeah. I gotta check with my politics friend to reassure me it is still ok. But the hot 85F+ summer temps in October for some reason have me distracted with learning new seasonal outdoor plant and greenery management.
Maybe the orange combover big-mac-if-it-was-a-cogent-burger is just a distraction from planetary existential death?