No one is making the argument that he's the best president ever, or even a good one. The point is that he became the President of the USA - he played the game very very well.

It becomes more apparent when you see his videos on the subject from the 1980s - he was planning this move for decades.

perhaps the point I missed, is that because he is so visibly un-sellable, yet successfully sold himself, he wins, because Blair and Obama had underlying competencies. Trump is the best salesman, because he is selling.. nothing. And its being bought.