People keep underestimating Trump, saying that he doesn’t know what he’s doing. He absolutely knows when to deflect, distract, blame, defame, and call names. He knows how to play Machiavelli’s lion and fox, and I fear that the media is just going to let him slink away on this one.
He knows what he’s doing in the way you described, yes. He doesn’t know what he’s doing as far as governing goes. I guarantee he doesn’t understand what’s in the health care bill.