[norwaypinesavage]

"Trump watching over the years suggests that what motivates Trump and make up his defining traits is to be, say and do whatever he needs to in order to get what he wants"

Yes. It's interesting to note that his stated position today on cross-gender bathrooms was based on the costs to his businesses to modify bathrooms. I think that's his only true principle: Make money for Trump.

[rdcbn]

Yes, but a strong argument could be made, to paraphrase an old saying about General Motors from back in the good old days when General Motors was still General Motors , “what is good for the country is good for Trump so what is good for Trump is good for the country”

Trump id motivated to make America a stronger, more prosperous country because that is good the Trump Business Empire

The Trump model of politics is diametrically opposed to the current bi partisan Washington political sleaze of selling out your country to foreign an domestic interests for 12 pieces of silver