Models exist. To a guy like Trump who knows the "human interface to the world" (Scott Adams), what to do in a particular situation is as true and correct as a martial artist's muscle memory in combat.
Emerson has a passage that speaks to the irrational side of human nature:
They believe their own newspaper, as their fathers did at their age. With such an ignorant and deceivable majority, States would soon run to ruin, but that there are limitations, beyond which the folly and ambition of governors cannot go. Things have their laws, as well as men; and things refuse to be trifled with.
Property will be protected. Corn will not grow, unless it is planted and manured; but the farmer will not plant or hoe it, unless the chances are a hundred to one, that he will cut and harvest it.
Under any forms, persons and property must and will have their just sway. They exert their power, as steadily as matter its attraction.
So Trump's reign is that flood tide where the forces of Chaos are swept aside to enable farmers, honest bankers, and the solid oak natural forces of civil society to regain some control -- albeit temporary control -- over the free republic.
Yeah agreed ... and ...
"States would soon run to ruin, but that there are limitations, beyond which the folly and ambition of governors cannot go."
Just this morning I had the related but not related directly discussion with neighbors across the street (not entirely irrational democrats, but of course one was stricken with TDS as we talked, even though I never went in for any kill) ... they opened with 'in our democracy ... this and that is not working.' When will democrats just accept that we are not a democracy and it's for a VERY important point ... so that we run into the Constitution long before we have to learn by running into Nature's wall ... which is more like a wall of propellers or blender blades.
Oh democrats, those furry little darlings :-)
But I take your point, the madness can be to some extent characterized, and Trump has it well characterized and hence can interface with it. I think you've spoken to this before ... that's it's likely simply from years of two things: That he interacted closely with the workin' people on his job sites (as well as elites), but he identified more and hence cared more about the workin' people, thinks of himself as one who just made a ton of money at it, and the second thing is that since he like them and identified with them, he came to know what they were like. In that sense his ability to interface with them is more a function of the simple good human being he is than genius. I'm not saying he's the classically good human being ... but he IS what Ayn Rand was talking about in Fountainhead when Rourke was chillin' on some hillside looking out over one of his developments and he had a really short interaction with the kid that would have changed the kid's life for the better. He's got a good IQ but he had to care about those people to come to know them so well. It's a tougher version of caring than the cuddly dems can understand so they just think he's a dick, which he is, but that's not all he is. (Dick in the sense of Team America.)
Well happy fall to ya.
Interesting...