I too listen to internet radio & heard the same theory, but with a slightly different twist. trump, who is starting to have doubts about winning.... & in order to save face, might just try to sell the idea of him losing as a bigger plan to re brand himself as literally the great white hope & a voice to the poorly educated bigots who make up the majority of his supporters.
he will be starting up a new 24 hr cable news station that caters to the lowest form of bigots ( his supporters) that will rival & eventually squeeze out FOX.
THAT is why he brought in Roger Ailes (who has his own bone of contention with that network)
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THAT is why he brought in Stephen Bannon, from Breitbart to run his campaign, but has never had any experience running any kind of political campaign.
Breitbart has become an all encompassing lovefest for Donald Trump & Bannon is part of the ALT-RIGHT organization. ( a RW white supremacist group)