I find myself wondering if Trump is pulling a Ross Perot, in panicking down the home stretch intentionally, as deep down he really doesn't actually want to win.

Many feel Perot did and said a lot of dumb stuff to make sure he wouldn't win when it came right down to it.

Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny.
Thomas Jefferson