There are no long term strategies, neither the "establishment" nor the public (ie you) seem to grasp that simple fact.

Americans simply do not wish to engage with reality any more, and that's why they're perfectly happy to elect a TV personality for a president who filled his cabinet with TV personalities who can do nothing more than LARP as statesmen.

I think your comment is another instance of this LARP, where the public can't tell the difference between reality and TV.