You don't think a swing voter or two might be turned off by all the looting and burning? That's why Trump pouring gasoline on this situation may well benefit him. The more theft and destruction (with a bonus for death) that goes on, the more he can claim to be the "law and order" guy who will protect us against the [brown] barbarian hordes. Just like he was going to build a wall to protect us from another barbarian horde. Trump uses
fear to get votes.
Something else which may well ad gasoline to this. Taking videos of cop cars moving at 1 MPH through crowds because they're surrounded and claiming they are "plowing into" (plowing means to
"move fast and in uncontrolled manner") or even "running over" people when there is no evidence of injury let alone death. It's supplying more grievance to fuel more rage. The media is doing it, especially CNN. Again, down the stretch if it makes the rioting even worse, it helps Trump.