See my post #30. I honestly didn’t read yours...but we’re clearly channeling each other. :>)
Frankly I’m amazed more people didn’t ask those same questions we did. It’s so simple.
In a similar vein, you have lefties claiming Trump’s motivation for various nefarious (yet imaginary) schemes is to enrich himself. I hear that on tv all the time. These people are not critical thinkers.