Create a crisis, then step back in with a solution. Rinse & repeat.
The US Fed needs to continue QE for the foreseeable future, to maintain their fight with deflation.
What's needed is a catalyst. They need an excuse, something to blame in order to get the printing presses going again. Printing money just for no good reason would scare financial markets around the world. This could be the catalyst, who knows.
I would agree though, it's seems Trump might be a "slash & burn" kind of guy. I mean, what does he have left to lose? Without a miracle he's presidency is over.