I actually have read that it’s 156.
He throws people off by speaking in partial or garbled sentences. I listened to almost every speech through the entire campaign. I was hearing a guy who was slowly leading the people to accept the truth. He slowly, slowly unveiled truths. By the end of the campaign, he was talking about “globalism,” and such stuff. If he had done that too early, the other Republicans would have been screeching about “conspiracy theories” and “Alex Jones.” As it was, Hillary was the one screeching about “conspiracy theories” and “Alex Jones,” and nobody cared.
If you haven’t read all the Scott Adams (Dilbert author) blog posts about Trump, you should do so. He has an interesting take on Trump regarding his persuasion approach.