Indeed he is. Trumps ability to quickly size people up has been legendary since the 80s. He's only gotten better at it since then.

Its amazing the number of normies who still believe Trumps a bad judge of character or that he's too trusting and easily duped. 😂😂😂

My consolation is knowing that belief in these narratives helps Trump who has spent years learning to convincingly mask his intelligence and lethality. He used to openly talk about the effort it took but why it was worth that effort.