Between this and Vance saying that the president can ignore the courts, it's getting harder and harder to think that this is joking, just narcissism, or just spur-of-the-moment shooting his mouth off.
Gonna be mean here: why in the fuck would anyone think it could be those? Someone tells you "I will murder you" while asking for a knife and they genuinely think it's a joke? Are they actually stupid? Or are they fascist liars?
Maybe it’s like measuring the detonating fuse and give them matches: