I look at his history. At no point has he shown anything approaching average intelligence much less Machiavellian insight, and his ‘master orator’ mythos is just that. Media created myth. Even on script he isn’t that ‘gifted’ a speaker without 9 networks and 25 newspapers telling people he is and kicking them out of the cool kids lunch table if they disagree.
If the guy were any more empty and manufactured, you could have short people move in and live in him.
I agree with the oratory but the guy plays rope a dope.
He has BEEN successful, he has damaged us badly.