I don't think he has a plan, he just ping pongs from whim to whim.
The bad side effects we feel he doesn't register or perhaps he likes to make people feel bad. All he cares about is himself.
He gets a lot of attention, he isn't smart enough to realize his whims have implications years down the line.
he totally is my theory seeing him as a vindictive small vengeful man is that he blames the banks and the ppl of the usa for causing him to go bankrupt so often if we had bought his steaks or gambled in his casinos or loaned him money endlessly without wanting repayment he could have succeeded
so he has a grudge and he is the total boss in his own world and he admires what he thinks looks like strength and he owes putin for years of help and a constant stream of money