1) I wish he would take this advice, but Trump will win as Trump, or he won’t win at all.
2) He really needs a softball from Hillary that he can clobber with a smile and “there you go again”. That’s the moment when Reagan closed the deal- when he showed a soft and humorous side.
You are right. But Trump, with a little coaching would be a natural for TV politics. He sometimes shows the aptitude; sometimes he gets diverted. The pity is that TV unmasks the phony and thus Trump who is not a phony misses opportunities, which could devastate Mrs. Clinton—absolutely devastate her.