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  It is a threat.  He wants a flat playing field in the primary.  Everyone from Mitch McConnell to Kanye West wants Trump gone.  He rattles the 1950s, high road McConnell types and he goes as hard at the democratic party as they do at him.  
  When politics is as charged it was in the Trump presidency, with non stop leaks, investigations and impeachments, two party democracy is working.  The parties need to check the shit out of each other, then no one gets away with anything.  That's how I want it to be.
context: I'm pretty sure the only thing Trump knows how to do is garner attention and grift people. >
  
  I see this as a threat. If the Republicans don't nominate him he'll run as a independent and tank the Republicans. He's trying to leverage his way back into the protection of the Republicans.
  I already have a $100 bet on this exact scenario playing out with the Democrats winning the Presidency in 2024.