Is it too optimistic to hope that everywhere history is being rewritten someone is keeping track so we can restore things once this dark time is over?

That's my question for everything. Not what, why? Stay out of jail, distraction troll, ass cover, vengeance, some extreme conservatism + dismantling to repay financiers and puppet masters. But mostly grift. 
 How does EACH action create financial gain? Chaos and cruelty are bonus side effects.

You left one thing out. Acting illegally and losing cases WITHOUT ANY REAL CONSEQUENCE is a hallmark of Trump.