I get what you’re saying, and yeah, Kendrick did see this move from Drake coming with that line in “Euphoria,” so it makes it seem like Drake fell right into Kendrick’s trap. I can totally see why you’d think it wasn’t a great strategy if all it did was confirm what Kendrick had predicted.
But honestly, by the time Drake dropped “The Heart Part 6,” most people had already declared Kendrick the winner on social media. So does it really matter if Drake was trolling at that point? It seems like Kendrick had already locked in the win, and anything Drake did—whether it was trolling or trying to hit back—didn’t change much. Whether it was dumb or not, I don’t think it had much of an effect either way.