I mean not really

Its just a hedge.

If HArris wins, she's unlikley to actually take petty revenge. If trump wins, he has past form.

He knows that one of the key pillars of fascism is the strengthening of corporate power.

Billionaires are not your friends.

Yes we can infer. His political leanings are fairly Democrat. His media puppet is very left leaning. He didn’t announce this policy years ago when it would have been a nothing burger, instead just a couple weeks before the election as a splashy egg on face moment.

I can smell fish. His best information is that he was backing the wrong horse and now he is scrambling to contain the damage. Because it’s also quite a slap to the Harris campaign, he must not think much of their chances or sees a very, very asymmetrical risk profile here. Snub versus scorched earth.

We are going to be in for a very interesting four years.

He knows Trump will hold it against him, and his probability of becoming president is nonzero.