I think the fanatics are trying to trigger a civil war. https://dailyboulder.com/the-man-arrested-for-trying-to-kill-trump-in-coachella-is-a-maga-fanatic-with-ties-to-prominent-republicans/
Weird. I thought all those MAGA guys were gun nuts but this isn't exactly what I had in mind. Maybe Trump isn't MAGA enough anymore?
My guess is that he wanted to stage a fake assassination attempt against Trump in order to improve sympathy for Trump right before the election. But the idiot was too smart for his own good.