It's sooooo funny watching Trump play dumb and set people up. I have watched him talk and he's putting stuff out at multiple levels *in real time*; that's "supergenius" level. Never a misstep. My best mate from school got the top 1st in Maths at Oxford; I know what "apex intellect" looks like, and hooooooly cr*p, there's some people out there running The Plan who are beyond bright. Trump runs rings around people and they're too in love with their ego to notice; his The Donald gruff narcissist act is a brilliant disguise and diversion.
I had to laugh too 'back in the day' when he had the press going about him eating nothing but KFC and the whole bit about him 'never reading' or practically not even able to read!
Very Sun Tzu-ish .... 'if brilliant pretend dumb'
I think there's a martial art technique where you use the behavior/movements of a drunk to throw off the opponent