My mind is wavering back and forth on it. I wouldn't be surprised if it came out thst it was staged, but at the same time it comes at an awfully convenient moment with him dropping in the polls and this gives him something else to. Lie about for the next several months.

But your husband is correct, it's extremely dangerous to stage such a thing, It isn't dangerous though if you don't give a damn about your followers. And trump has made it very clear, multiple times, that he does not care about any of them.
Oh, and we also need to take into account how stupid and unimaginative trump is. He wouldn't be able to come up with such a plan, I don't think.