Many retired military recruited Trump. They schooled him, in secret. He’s been in their loop a long time. How else do you think he knew he was wire tapped? The legacy media made fun of him for that. Looks like he’ll have the last laugh when it’s all said and done.
If some people really "schooled" him, they did a LOUSY job of it! Many of Trump's picks for positions have stunk on ice; sadly.
And some of the people whom he had wanted to tap, were not only viciously impugned by the MSM, but have been forced to decline posts, by people/departments' sub rosa threats.