I don’t like the CEO comments but that’s a huge stretch of an assertion.

Fair assumption. In this fictional scenario I think there would for sure be a Q-Anon style contingent who would believe the world leaders colluded with some kind of audio deep fake.

I believe most republicans crave power at all costs and they want their team to keep winning. They will tolerate a cheater and a criminal that gets results but they will not abide a pathetic loser that makes them all look small by association.

Secretly record the back channel phone calls where he begs world leaders to let him do what he wants to save face, then release it with no deal.

He’ll be furious but when there are like 6-10 phone calls on record not even his diehard followers will respect him. Blood in the water at that point.