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by zimpenfish 1620 days ago
It's a perfect example of a "dead cat on the table."[1]

Also, > Are you saying they created the entire plan in a few weeks?

They frequently toss out new "plans" in response to news events, anger in the base, scandals, etc. which have -clearly- been thought up in a hurry as a distraction and will be silently forgotten / dumped when no longer needed as a news-based base-fury-whip.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_cat_strategy