One has to understand, that these insults sprinkled so liberally over the landscape are not just casual chatter or an unthinking excess of testosterone. Keep in mind, that under that crude, rude, and sometimes lewd facade, there is one quick-thinking and might shrewd gamesman.
Donald J. Trump does not start out, saying to himself, “I’m going to set up this person as my enemy.” His enemies self-select themselves, and only after the first barb is thrown, does The Donald go into counter-punch mode. As anyone who has ever been on the receiving end of one of these counter-punches can attest, it can be both swift and devastating.
The Family Cuomo is well advised to keep it civil and suck it up, if they do not wish to incur even further wrath.
Donald Trump can wrath a lot.
I don’t think many are that worried about Trump’s tweets. They may say so but that is just posturing. For one thing the gamemanship you listed is mechanical and predictable. A savvy enemy would just use it against Trump and they do regularly.
I think Trump does it just to rev up the base.