With his selection of Mike Pence as VP I'm becoming increasingly convinced that that is true. I was a little worried about him earlier on with all of his (supposed) flattery of Putin. Seems he (Trump) plays this game with a lot of people: one moment flatters them, the next calls them out for the crap that they are. He's done it with turds like NYC mayor DeBlasio and even Obama.
I am going off the memory of great book I read a few years ago, The 48 Laws Of Power. So far Trump is hitting his spots perfectly.