Of course Trump is not susceptible to flattery or praise. You got ir right of course.
People keep falling into the trap that Trump is just another standard-issue professional politician.
Folks, Trump has had his own personal intel outfit, paid for by himself, for decades.
this is a guy that made a living going up against union leaders, politicians, foreign corrupticrats, and all else in international property development.
He’s no one’s fool.
But he also knows how to play the long game. And smile in the face of his enemy as he builds his target data against them.