The bulls have made 8.6 million, so why do they still want to short? Are they all just market manipulators?

$PIPPIN If Mr. K is not a stooge, his current loss is just over 1 million, so the remaining loss belongs to the retail investors, around 600,000. Most retail investors are basically in small positions now; to trigger a significant rise, it needs to be at least above 0.65 to cause a few bursts. If the market maker pulls with a 1x position, how much money is needed to raise the market cap from 350 million to 650 million? This does not include the losses incurred by retail investors who have profited. Even if it goes up, how much can they profit? If there are large players shorting at high positions, will the market maker push up or let it drop? If it drops, and others take the high short, they'll drive it down, resulting in their own bleeding losses. Right now, it's stuck, and the market maker hasn't figured out what to do. What do friends think?