Trump is an old-style politician: he figures our how to achieve his goals, given the situation in which he finds himself. He's just flexible enough, but ruthless, and he gets what he wants.
But he is not a politician
He is a capitalist
Substitute the word capitalist and you got Trump
The art of the deal is not about personal power but about
making money and money gives you power, not the other way around like politicians play it
He has that and none of the other presidents had that like trump
Name brand- got it
Big airplane of his own- got it
So many nice houses he doesn’t have to mooch vacation time at some donor’s estate on Martha’s Vineyard or Aspen
But unlike romney he doesn’t hide it or apologize for it
he works all the time, always has
In the words of his son, the Donakd is a blue collar guy with a big balance sheet and that is why he speaks to the blue collar class and they respond to him