I like the way your mind is wired.
This is all scripted out like a WWE wresting match, if you sit long enough and think about it. Trump has arranged the whole thing to be some opera-like setting. There are dozens of traps laid out and waiting to be some spring-board to the next story/next battle/next fight.
Once he bypassed the news media with Twitter, and labeled the press as liars...you were in the arena and watching his show...his way. I think Putin has worked the same ‘show’, but without the aid of Twitter.