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I agree with you, and think no one knows his true motives - which are almost certainly mixed.

I like his boldness to tell the truth without fear - his GOP competitors need to go to school on him.

I fear his ending up as POTUS because

a.) he’s proven to not have a moral foundation, nor a fear of God. He is NOT a conservative.

b.) he’s clearly out for himself first - not unlike our current POTUS,

c.) but unlike our current POTUS who is ideologically driven to intentionally destroy our nation, Trump does love our nation and truly wants to save it.

d.) he’s a populist who is stirring up and taking the lead by playing on the deep angst in our populace - especially conservatives...not unlike Hitler;

e.) with no solid moral foundation, he could be a great president in some ways, and very scary in others.

So no one really knows.

And I doubt if Trump knows himself at this point.

Your c.) “but unlike our current POTUS who is ideologically driven to intentionally destroy our nation, Trump does love our nation and truly wants to save it”....resonates best for me.

I use a stock trading analogy. 90+% of stock investors are “longs”, they are bought in to the LT success of the US, and look to acquire positions aligned that way. They can not really benefit nor do they to benefit from the destruction or deterioration of the US.

The current crop of politicians, I view as “short” the US. They want to “borrow” it...using their temporary entrenchment in office and the accompanying power to deteriorate the US, on the theory, defective or not, that a reformulated and or reduced US will accrue to their benefit. Whether by retaining office or becoming lobbyists. They are really no different than an illegal swimming across the Rio Grande. They are just looking to improve or at least maintain their own personal lifestyles, without concern for the edifice they are so willing to degrade. Their thinking goes no deeper than that. Their loyalty is to their own retirement. Remember Geo Soros famously profited a $billion by shorting the GBP. These people in power, they are shorts. They wish to see the US decline. Either they are convinced by seemingly immutable demographics, widespread stupidism, and/or the distraction of the public by electronic gizmos and Kardashian obsession that work, grit, and determination are no longer American values. They actually understand and actually agree with us that those values ARE the foundation of a more prosperous society. Except they are seeing those values dwindle away and instead of reverting to traditional principles, they wish to bet on what they are convinced society will be when those values are fully depleted.

Unfortunately, I have to say the odds appear to be on their side for now, and have been for a while.