I think Trump will "ramp up" his behavior for a different reason: it hasn't had a downside, yet. He's gotten away with such boorish behavior because there haven't been any negative effects that he has felt. He has always behaved with impunity and it has harmed innumerable other people, but has never redounded to him. And, even when he loses, he blames others. He only accepts responsibility for successes.

A well reasoned argument is like a diamond: impervious to corruption and crystal clear - and infinitely rarer.

Here, as elsewhere, people are outraged at what feels like a rigged game -- an economy that won't respond, a democracy that won't listen, and a financial sector that holds all the cards. - Robert Reich