Misleading headline wording. Makes it seem one thing lead to the other, rather than reality being the other way around.

International war criminal to come get pats on the back says unconditional supporter of domestic insurrectionist and life-long criminal.

I don’t actually know anything. But casually to me it looked like a choice between 160% chance of it getting worse and a 300% chance of getting worse. And it’s not very surprising at all in these circumstances many go for the latter for all sorts of reasons (and delusions). But I don’t actually know anything.