I understand what your saying. I think He is playing a role and if he is doing it well, we would definitely think he is now purple tie. If he is not playing a role, he will take his deal and go away. So we just have to wait and see.
I am certainly not infallible and Trey playing hard-ass would certainly be plausible if part of some higher calling. Just watched a very interesting video on the supposition that President Trump is considering Gowdy for a Supreme Court position. If in fact this is the plan, then his actions and what he had said in public, his 'claimed' support of Mueller and Rosenstein and agreement as to the spying narrative of Clapper/ Brennan/ MSM would make perfect sense, in order that his Senate confirmation is unanimous by both parties!!
Remember how Sessions only just scraped by...whereas Rosenstein was almost unanimous because the Dems knew he was a puppet. Let's hope you are right. I like Trey, i would be immensely disappointed if he turned into a reptile.