Your post and post 5 may be correct. He may be looking for a real or imagined "emergency" to declare martial law and to declare himself president for life. Is this really too far fetched to be considered possible?
Eight or nine months ago when he started the consolidation of his reign, I might have said ‘too far fetched’. However, with each passing day of the total lack of logic and fairness in his actions, leads me to believe he is, in fact, preparing to do so.