My take: He’s either as inept as he appears to be or he is crazy like a fox. If the latter, we may be seeing a very near future of biblical prophesy proportions, if you get my drift. And my tag line.
DC is one big stage. They are all in it together. The only ones who don't get it are those outside the beltway who believe this is really a two + party state. It is all for one and one for me. If anyone upsets the apple cart, they are ostracized by both sides.
He’s not crazy like a fox.
But, like Nero, he is in his own little reality bubble of plastic-wrapped isolation.
And, by the way, he’s been running against Congress for 6 years. Even when it was run BY DEMOCRATS, he was running against Congress because he did not lead nor direct them. See the book Leading From Behind. He was pushed BY CONGRESS (Pelsi, Reid) into the Obamacare compromises he could not decide between, for example.