Letting this go on for a bit is actually working in his favor. He's basically letting Wheeler squirm to expose Democrat leadership. The far-left hate Wheeler because they don't think he's doing enough, regular people hate Wheeler because he's letting their city burn to the ground.

What's making it worse (or better) is that Trump keeps offering federal intervention to help end the chaos. If he accepts, he'll make the radical left angrier, and if he doesn't he makes regular folks angrier. It seems he tried to gain the radical Left's favor by refusing again but it didn't work.

He's going to have to kneel and kiss Trump's ring eventually. It's hilarious.