[Targan]

Some sort of public relations coup would be a helpful addition to Tokugawa's narrative. Whatever it is would need to occur while everyone still has easy access to TV and radio broadcasts. If, in the months leading up to the TDM, Tokugawa did something that was lauded by the media across the state of Nevada, maybe even across the nation, various authorities including the military may seek to use him as an ally or co-opt him into their own PR plans. Then they find themselves outmaneouvered by Tokugawa, the master of spin, as he moves himself into a position of actual (not just puppet) prominence.

I freely admit I haven't come up with a suitable chain of events for him to achieve popular acclaim.