@SepThat was part of Loki's plan, yes. Even have a good exit strategy in mind too. If nothing else, it'll get us away from the military and the media... Doubt it's going to stop America or Thor through.
Seriously, I want to see the fallout from this; The American military actively operating on US soil (Something that I'm fairly certain is illegal, even in the Marvel Universe), a giant humanoid beast that is trying to flee/rampaging through the city, a man of possible irish decent who looks like he belongs at a medieval festival with actual magical powers trying to help said beast, a latino teenage girl with superpowers using a streetlamp as a bat to attack the green beast man and a blond woman wearing viking armor and wielding a one handed hammer trying to smash in the skull of the possible irish man. That's provided that Spiderman and the self proclaiming 'KILLER UNICORN' brawl doesn't spill over into as well...
I'm fairly certain we may have broken the internet with this fight.