I read a blog entry once about Trump as a con man this election that was interesting.
In the Art of the Deal he has a section about con men. In it he pionts to Reagan as a successful con man - as someone with nothing of substance behind his empty smile and nice suit. He looked to Reagan as a success in politics because of it.
I think that’s what he’s doing here. In his mind Reagan was just a performer playing to a crowd who knew nothing about governing or the issues and Trump wants to emulate him. All this time I thought his commentary on Reagan being a con man was an insult, when in Trump’s mind I think it was a compliment. Trump wants to be able to con people as good as Reagan did in his eyes.
That’s pretty insightful. I agree.