Simply put, The Obastard is in way over his head. The presidency is beyond his skill level, by a factor of 10.
That may be the case OR he knows exactly what he is doing and is completing everything he wants to do with incredible ease.
vs.
He’s a smart SOB that is being very successful damaging our nation...
I'm constantly back and forth between these two explanations of this bizarre little man. Maybe he's a rare, pernicious amalgamation of the two. Stupid people can be cunning.
Two different characterizations-- bastard and SOB-- are also accurate. He is both, a psychological basket case; this is another key to understanding this aberration.
Finally, his smart advisers have jumped ship and he's left with his second string. Rahm Emanual, creep that he is, was still pragmatic enough to keep the man-child's head above water. His position is now held by the snapping turtle-- Valerie Jarett. She has all of Rahm's malevolence but none of his sense, evidently.