I have noticed that He has a way of exposing people by bringing them up front and just letting them do their thing. It is really uncanny the way he does it over and over again.
The Art of War... pretend to be weak when you are strong.
He pretends to be Self Centered and arrogant (a weakness). The media just eats that up because they really believe it. The people he puts in the limelight buy what the media is selling. They expose themselves just by being themselves. They are really stupid.
This is war and he is playing his part. Bottom line is this. A self Centered, arrogant person could not do what President Trump is doing. Their personality would get in the way. Only a humble person (strength) could take what he is taken and still keep going. We are watching a master at "The Art of War"
I think it's important to note that truly patriotic, fully-qualified, intelligent people with great integrity are unbelievably thin on the ground in Washington; the barrel is utterly filled with apples in various states of rottenness. He's had to make judgement calls based on the opinions of others, including some probably well-meaning but inexperienced and naive family members.