provocateur

“Feel free to correct me when I am wrong. Ultimately, it’s about being a provocateur of dialogue.”

But the idea of handling such a gleeful provocateur with kid gloves seems to somehow miss the point of De Palma’s work.

Republicans are warning that Trump’s "provocateur" tactics and personal attacks against Vice President Kamala Harris threaten his chances of winning the presidential election in November.

So beyond the professional provocateurs in Washington and the right-wing media, Republicans have decided to say as little as possible.

Right-wing media provocateur and former Trump official Steve Bannon, who has cultivated White as a political ally, claimed that though White is a "very flawed instrument," many similar MAGA-aligned candidates "have done pretty well."