I was thinking of it as “If I’m nice to them they’ll be nice to me.” 0 wants to show what a nice guy he can be to jihadists. 0 might not have a lot of faith in his Secret Service detail.
Heck, 0 wants terrorists to be tried in civil court to give them a good chance of acquittal. He wants our military personal court-martialed for using excessive force. He wants to show them how nice he is so they won’t try to take him out.
Or - he wants to bring the USA down.
I think I’ll take what’s behind your 3rd door ‘option’. He wants to bring America down.