Rationale does not need "violence".

It is his own incompetence and arrogance that will bring his administration down. That and his reckless, feckless 'plans' and 'policies'. They're hardly 'Republican', after all. Oh, and also his numerous conflicts of interest and "self-dealing" and the violation of  the emoluments clause.

(Ras)Putin holds that blackmail video over his puppet's head so well.