(Hello again btw)

My take:

I thought this several times pretty much and now I'm convinced and there is no way back:
Trump is just an actor in some kind of ultra weird silly optics game that Elon and Joe probably are part of too.
Just to ensure power stays where it is with this utter horseshit ping pong carry on, we have similar nonsense in the UK
with the Reform party (that is polling highest currently) of Nigel Farage doing everything it can to destroy itself before the next election 4 years away.
It was the perfect tool to ensure Keir Starmer became prime minister. But it will be gone soon enough.
Only Labour - Conservatives are the option and they literally sing from the same hymn sheet.

Behind the scenes Trump probably had a good laugh with Biden after the debate last year.

Donald: "Shit man when you froze up and started to say that beaten Medicare bit, I thought you'd REALLY lost it."
Joe: "That was good right?! You know the funny part, I'm going to be pulling out of the race and you'll be pretend running
against Kamala instead!"
Donald: "Noooo way!!!  "