I don’t plan to remove the blue smoke from poppasketti in any event, no.
Another thing is that Palpatine wanting Rey dead at the start of TROS is consistent with Snoke/Palpatine sincerely ordering her execution. His change of mind is still baffling in any event.
I suspect that Palpatine believes that putting Ben and Rey against each other will lead to a hunger games like “survival of the fittest” competition between Skywalkers and Palpatines, and whomever survives is the “winner” for his new body.
The thing about Palpatine is that he’s the master of playing both sides against one another and ensuring that no matter who loses, he wins.
If Snoke has no force connection to Palpatine (though I clearly believe he does, even if the exact nature of it isn’t explicitly made clear), then Snoke’s attempt to turn Ben can be seen as the initial goal, which was then altered when Ben chose to kill Snoke instead.
In that sense, it mirrors the way Sheev continually pushed against Anakin’s weaknesses and insecurities as he uncovered more of them, some which he knew of more in advance than others. He is also a master of finding weaknesses to exploit, and quickly using those new discoveries to his advantage.