Playbook: “For years, the conventional wisdom around Trump is that he has a sweet tooth for chaos and that his appetite is bottomless as long as he ultimately gets the outcome he desires. But Gaetz-gate suggests that when that chaos becomes a distraction — or worse in his eyes, when it makes him look bad — he’s willing to cut bait and head home.” “Trump’s flood-the-zone approach often works when it comes to the public: overwhelm people with news and it becomes difficult to prioritize what matters and what doesn’t.