Quick take: Yes, Donald Trump is trying to kill American citizens, and observations on logical fallacies

Let's just say it.  Donald Trump is trying to maximize the number of Americans who die of COVID under Joe Biden's administration.

Generally speaking, we should be leery of what we might call a teleological fallacy-- confusing effect with intent.  Nevertheless, attributing ill-intent to Donald Trump is rarely much of a stretch, given his sociopathy.  So let's just go through this quickly.

Donald Trump is obstructing a transition of power.  In doing so, he is raising the difficulty of Joe Biden's job as president.  He is increasing the number of Americans likely to die of COVID by raising the difficulty of administering the government's response.

Does Donald Trump know this?  Yes.  This is being pointed out to him repeatedly.  By... everyone.

Does Donald Trump believe that he, personally, has something to gain from this?  Unfortunately, in his sociopathic brain... yes.  He believes that if Joe Biden looks bad because the burden of a COVID response has been raised-- even if Trump himself created that burden-- this will give Trump the ability to say, "ha!  Look what a bad job Biden is doing!"  He cannot do this without pointing to deaths.

Yes, Donald Trump is trying to kill Americans.  We should be wary of teleological fallacies, but yes, this is happening.  Donald Trump has inverted logic itself.