He doesn't want to win. He wants it to be close enough so that he can claim election fraud again and wants his followers to attempt and be successful in an insurrection.
Ah see, but by not winning he can't pardon himself. So he needs to win to avoid federal prosecution. If he loses, anything additional the DOJ has been sitting on because he's a candidate will definitely be brought out.
I'm not sure he's capable of comprehending that he might lose. He never accepted that he lost in 2020, or at least he never publicly admitted it. He did finally formally concede on Jan 7th, but only because his staff practically forced him to. Then he immediately backtracked and kept whining about election fraud.
One-trick pony confirms he's sticking to his one trick.
There is no decision to make. Ranting about things that make him angry is the only mode Trump has. There is no depth to his character, no contemplative side that asks the big questions. He's a dog barking at the cars passing by his window. That's all he's capable of being.