I ran out of room,,,
That he is (seemingly) erratic and inconsistent IS the beauty of it. Totally uncouth chaotic loudmouth, yet all too eager to please. That's what makes him compliant, complicit, and all easy too manipulate - for those who know how.
He's that moronic doofus rich kid with the fancy car in high school that the kool kidz buttered up to take them for rides and then had him pay for everything everywhere they went, and he did it just so he can look like he had actual friends, totally oblivious to the fact that they were just using him.
Chaos ultimately coalesces into order, so yeah, he makes a grumpy face and posts meanpantz Tweeterz, and evweyboty's thooooooo thcared of hith owangthe scowl that they're just going to have to go along and allow him to consolidate more power in the executive office than everybody ever has collectively in the history of the United States of America while reshaping law to suit the bigwigs. That's why he's their Golden Goose. Remember, Pelosi & Co made a crap ton of bucks off of his tax cuts and deregs too.
Being an attention seeking narcissistic sociopath that was never too bright and is being pickled by an ever more decrepid brain only exacerbates the screaming needs of his exceedingly fragile ego. Yes, he stomps and he screams. To know how to wink at him the right way and pat him on the head and having bend over for cookie is to know just how to nudge that falling tree into the river the right way so that it bumps into that big boat coming upriver exactly the way you want it to. A contained explosion, if you will, but more a fart in a balloon then the bucket of fissile material everybody likes to pretend it is.
That's why all the "er-me-gawsh, you mean none of the important trials will start before the election?" bs. Really? The judicial system and everybody who runs the USA had nooooooooooo flippin' idea they were cutting the timing just a weeeeeee bit too thin? You really need to tell me I'm the only one in this planetary system that has been saying for years that none of these trials will conclude before inauguration Day? ME? Alone? Granted, this is my dream, but this never occurred to none of its characters as well?
The 5th Avenue pledge... That is one he kept.