Obviously, he should have handled it differently, but think about it.
He could have easily blamed the lack of a client list and records on the swamp-nest FBI and the Democrats. Why didn't he?
Bondi and Patel could have easily blamed their predecessors. Instead, they were mealy-mouthed about the whole affair and kept flip-flopping. They were about to release them but then something happened. And this transpired several times.
Perhaps Trump is using the files as leverage to get other things done?
I do think there might be something more going on behind the scenes, but as we all seem to be in agreement on, Trump is still being a retard. Unless he pulls a clear and blatant victory via 5D chess, he's greatly harmed the base, and the nationalist/populist movement as a whole, even if he gets concessions behind the scenes or something.
But, yes, he's probably doing something, but is still a retard. If Trump wants to recover from this, he has to be doing the most amazing 37D intergalactic chess we've ever fucking seen. And, again, it has to be amazing blatant, and would probably have to involve cutting off Israel entirely, along with sanctions or some other punitive action. Something big and attention-grabbing. Arresting his pal Bibi, or the like, for a start.