No. The man has communicated almost exclusively in hyperbole since the minute he got off the escalator.
His supporters know this, and this is where the phrase "take him seriously but not literally" comes from. They gave up trying to defend him.
All you can do is look for clues within the hyperbole as to his opinions and intentions.
Not a good situation when dealing with the most powerful person on the planet, but it is what it is.
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Describing it as simple hyperbole is being generous. It's not as innocuous as you make it sound. This behavior undermines the confidence in, creates dysfunction and damages the effectiveness of our govt.
Ultimately, this crap will become untenable for the admin as Congress will be forced to act. That would be an epic and historic failure for no good reason other than humoring a lunatic.
Well, there is Trump's intent and then there is effect.
I think this is just the way he communicates, it's the way he's always communicated. In his commercial real estate business, he's been able to simply maul people through the sheer force of his personality and the power of his bluster. That doesn't mean he's particularly intelligent or gifted, it just means that it has worked (to varying degrees) for him in that industry.
His behaviors are REALLY familiar to me. I've known a guy in my city for 30 years who is just like this. He gets his way downtown all the time because he just runs roughshod over people. Interestingly, he's from NY, too. But this is national/international politics, and Trump won't be able to get away with that alone.
I'm horrible at predicting political stuff, so I don't know what's going to happen.
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