If Trump starts pardoning himself and his family, it won't mean he's somehow magically winning. It'll mean he's jumping out of the airplane wearing a parachute made of duct tape and baling wire, and he's hoping it holds.
Michael Flynn is now openly calling for the overthrow of the United States government. The more he keeps this up, the more cover he's unwittingly giving to prosecutors for when they find a way go around his pardon and criminally charge him.
Donald Trump posted a forty-six minute long video today that was as ludicrous as a Saturday Night Live sketch and as deranged as the Unabomber. At various points he looked like he was going to cry. It vaguely resembled a hostage video. No way this doesn't end badly for him.