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I think Trump actually believes he can do those things.
I've known people who were contemplating suicide one year, the next year they got lucky and inherited money or got a job, and they imagine they're the kings of the earth and everyone else they label "peasants" and "losers". Cut to a year later they run through all the money or lose the job, and they're back to suicide. I'm sure we all know a dozen suitcase pimps like this.
Billionaires get their asses licked morning, noon, and night. They get an endless chorus of very smart people who know how to flatter without appearing to flatter. When Donald Trump comes in a room, everyone knows him. He's rich, a TV star, one of the best known people on earth. His father was successful, his kids are successful, he is one of 2000 people that control this planet. He isn't a megalomaniac, he just hears how great he is all day every day, and his personality reflects that.
But will he be able to translate that into success with congress? What will he do with Paul Ryan? How will he handle Darrell Issa? If Obama gets a justice through, how will he deal with the fact that everything he does will go to the supreme court?
The presidency is powerful for a consensus builder. Even Teddy R. had a pragmatic side. Does Donald Trump know when to yield? Can he empathize, which is the essential component of shared responsibility?
George Washington was rich too, and a disruptive force. But he slept on dirt floors for years while he was a surveyor. He knew the land and the poor people. Does Trump? Does he actually know any poor people?
So far, all the bluster and red meat aside, I don't see these things.
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