My mistake: the article doesn't mention the immediate goal, but it does conclude with the long game (emphasis in original):

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This is Trump's own finaql command: that you believe his story, though it is obviously false. [...]

Like Winston, the world now lies on a bedframe and Trump, like O'Brien, has his hand on the dial, insisting that "2+2=5". It is not enough to honour him. We must really assent to his madness.

Winston tells O'Brien that "the spirit of Man" will defeat him. Will it?