Yes, he does, but you are not going to be successful by telling your enemies your specific game plan. I think the letters to the DOS and EPA are the first shots fired. Don’t be fooled, this is war...Machiavelli, Sun Tzu, and the laws of the jungle apply! “The Hill” (and the ITB crowd) hasn’t had to wage war in a long time. Trump instinctively knows this. It’s going to be a fun 8 years.
It is unbelievable to me, how many people on our side will just swallow any anti-Trump bait thrown out there. Personally I think what Newt did was a little strategic deception and a little trolling and it would not be a surprise to me if the Trump communications people coordinated it all. Trump is so strategic, one must always see what he does in a tactical and/or strategic context. I am convinced of one thing, more of our people, those whom I refer to as the Nervous Nellies, need to read Sun Tzu’s The Art Of War and Trump’s The Art Of The Deal. Read those two books and understand them, and one can understand exactly what Trump and his people are doing. I think Trump sees his strategic plans much the same way as Churchill saw the truth in wartime. Churchill said, “The truth is so valuable that it must be protected by a bodyguard of lies”. I think Trump sees his plans the same way.