Tweets, which people seem to find horrific, but they do seem to come directly from leadership.

Or at least they seem on point when it comes to the administrations actions.

I've come to the conclusion that those are cover fire for distracting attention, or maybe just for staying in the news ("any news is good news"...). The press gets outraged over the tweets (justifiably so), but the point of them is to get people outraged. I'm not convinced they reflect anything Trump will actually do.

That would make sense if his tweets weren't consistent with what is known and observed about Trump's personality, and if some of his tweets didn't do more harm than good to his own administration, party and agenda. And he doesn't need to make an effort to stay in the news - he's the President, so the news will cover him no matter what.

Honestly, I think he's just a troll, nothing more complex than that. They don't represent what Trump will actually do but I'm certain they do represent what he thinks, and what he wants to do.

Every time I try to think about Trump he seems profoundly stupid but also profoundly clever at the same time.

He comes across as somewhere between 4chan/pol and Forest Gump. And I'm not being critical, by the way. It is, upon reflection, profoundly clever.