I don't think he's crazy, I think he knows exactly what he's doing. Playing the victim to strengthen support from his base of viewers that actually are fucking crazy. And he might be a little crazy.
So on the one side we've got a guy who makes a name for himself panicking the easily panicked; and on the other side we've got a guy too dumb to have any idea how dumb he is. Can we just unleash a pack of coyotes?