This is a conspiracy theory on the level of the birth certificate myth.<p>- Nothing in the administration's actions, or the individual actors' history would lead an observer to the conclusion that they're capable of executing a complex and coordinated plan. One example is the press release for Holocaust Memorial Day: it was probably an amateur mistake not to specifically mention jews. But they're now defending that as intentional, repeating it, and getting critiqued in the harshest possible terms even by right-wing zionist groups. There is no universe in which a dictatorial Trump would not profit from the support of jews in the US and Israel.<p>- This "theory" could also apply to almost any policy initiative whose legality is questionable.<p>- The idea that it's a staged event to distract from a reshuffling of the National Security Council is laughable. Nobody (unfortunately) cares about him braking a tradition of keeping the national security side, and the partisan political side of the White House somewhat separate. That's because the majority of people already think everything in government is party politics – the idea of professionals acting with motives beyond Breitbart and HuffPost is laughed at[0]<p>Don't fall for this stuff:<p>- It's easily attacked, and you lose credibility<p>- Protests are actually more effective than you might think. Even the widely-mocked Occupy has made the 1% vs 99% narrative pervasive in political discussions, probably laying the foundation for Sanders' success. Neither the Arab spring nor the Ukrainian revolution, or the protests leading to German reunification had the power to topple regimes willing to use violence, but they did (not saying that they all ended well, only that they had the power the effect change)<p>- This administration is terrible under pressure, see that Holocaust thing above. Continuing protests will create more and more visible failures. His approval ratings are already down, meaning that his voters do react to his failures. The business world, who started out trying to remain neutral, is now almost universally opposed. The bureaucracy is encouraged to sabotage him, leak, refuse, or simply walk away with all the expertise he needs.<p>- If the current level of backlash is sustained, Trump will not be president in half a year. He is desperate for approval (c. f. inauguration crowd) and will just walk away.<p>0: examples if you're skeptical: Roberts voting for Obamacare, or possibly the State departments "dissent memos", if it could be shown that there are people signing both the current one as well as the one criticising Obama on Syria)