Trump is an innate master in many sophisticated levels in what he is doing (decimation) to the media & now the politicians.
I’ve worked with a rare breed of very high IQ people who had this mastery.
What makes him in a league of his own is the added character of being absolutely fearless. He is also mastered a persona that perfectly hides his IQ/chess mastery as looking like a type of random thinker & partial loose cannon. It is an act.
The pinnacle to his talent is his openness, humor, warmth, & ability to connect with people when he needs to (he has a true heart of caring).
If you notice, he is always way ahead of any “gotcha” type of interviewers. It takes a wide range of constant IQ ability of “moves ahead” to pull this off.
Even pre-planned “gotcha” interviewees - George Stephanopouls - even complained at how difficult it was to corner Trump.
Trump is best off where he doesn’t let on to the levels of his game. With Twitter & social media he is the perfect person for these times (bypassing press). Let’s hear it for the “bull in a china closet”.
A First, they always keep a personna or method behavior that hides their deep skills, multi-level strategies & moves,
good post