The 0 machine has decided “hey since our poll numbers are dropping like a rock, let us distract the public by doing the same thing every stereotypical big govt bad guy has does that every single action movie, and tv show, has mocked for the last 30 years. Let’s go after the hero and play nice with the thugs”
The little known 4th Law of Thermodynamics states, “When the heat is on you, it is not on me.”