So the question becomes does President Trump sit on his lead at the moment and wait. Or does he legitimize and alternative candidate with the potential of taking some of his votes.
We can use current polling scenarios to help with this answer and we see Kennedy pulls evenly from both. Prior to legitimizing him as the real Dem opponent
I for myself am not comfortable waiting for the DNC machine to dictate the next few months and is why it is worth the risk.
I have about as much chance of being the “real Dem opponent” as RFK Jr.