Judge a tree by its fruit.
Everything he does helps POTUS in the end.
Actors act.
And he's doing a particularly good job at being scummy.
If I wanted all of my enemies to believe me - i would go on tv and yell at trump. Then they follow me like my word is solid gold.
Everyone had a reputation of sucking deepstate dick. The question is, who was flipped? Trump is using all the same tactics against them. Everyone is comped. If they agree to work with him and help him fix shit - leverage is cut and they are freed.
Remember the SOTU?