The world does not work the way he thinks it does.
Hillary would laugh all the way to the bank, and it would completely embolden any others who think her way to fame and fortune makes a good blueprint for action.
This would be seen as a reward and a payoff, not a punishment.
It would severely damage the Trump presidency, and haunt him like a bad taco.
Precisely so. This stinkin' thinkin' is 100% pure GOPe on the author's part. It's a maneuver born of the Republican Bob Michel mindset:
Translate the author's motivation: We should do this, not to drive Hillary insane (she's already insane), but because we have to do whatever it takes to make the opposition like us.