Youre right, I think he was just expecting to have more allies within the system. Enough people with integrity within the system and the system can maintain its integrity. All Democrats and a good chunk of Republicans being corrupt means the system is corrupt and he wasnt prepared to burn it down to rebuild it
And thus he was never prepared to win against people who did go outside of the legal means to defeat him.
Youre right, I think he was just expecting to have more allies within the system. Enough people with integrity within the system and the system can maintain its integrity. All Democrats and a good chunk of Republicans being corrupt means the system is corrupt and he wasnt prepared to burn it down to rebuild it
Despite telling us he was ready to do just that.