“Trump’s SCOTUS picks will depend on whatever mood he happens to be in that day.”
But I think that people should listen to what people who know Trump have said - like Dr. Carson and Rudy Guiliani (the latter of whom isn’t my favorite pol by a long shot, but he’s honest). He is certainly and obviously very bombastic, very aggressive, prone to exaggeration, etc. - IN PUBLIC. However, behind closed doors he is a very smart guy, willing to listen to all points of view, and not so bombastic, etc.
But let’s say that you don’t believe those people, that you’re still skeptical about him. OK, fine. In that case, I would ask you to consider how a guy could start with a $1 million loan as a 22-year-old kid in 1968 (from his father), and turn it into a well over a billion dollars before his father died in the late 1990s (when, of course, he inherited a lot of assets) if he was incredibly moody and unpredictable. It simply couldn’t be the case - oh, maybe it’d work for a few deals, but not consistently. He would necessarily have to be a smart guy, someone who learned to follow the advice of people expert in areas that he wasn’t, someone who was very disciplined and logical. There is really no other way that this guy would be so wealthy - look beyond the show (because a lot of politics IS entertainment, especially getting your name in the public eye) and look at the substance.
There’s more to Trump than meets the eye. This “ogre,” just like Shreck, is complex and has many layers, like an onion.
That all is true... that he’s quite successful in the business world... but the world of governance is a whole different animal. IF he gets there.. and that’s a big IF...he will find he can’t summarily fire people who don’t do his bidding on demand. I’m not convinced he understands the constitutional co-equal status of the three branches of government.