>>Prearranging the blame for the next succeding attack by non-residents is IMO only a side effect.

It's a self-inflicted side effect. Trump didn't force opponents to melt down and screech that the sky is falling: that's all on them. They might have said nothing or (smarter) linked Obama's identification of the risky nations so that Obama shares any wins while any negs are attributed to Trump's ineptness. Instead they conflate a Muslim Ban and draw links to Hitler that become own goals when even Muslim leaders like UAE's Abdullah bin Zayed say it's not a Muslim ban and that the US has every sovereign right to do it.

>>That one smells to me like actions of a man whose perception is warped by sycophants and his stints in TV reality shows. There is a small chance that Trump is consciously overplaying the role of thin-skinned borderline personality to keep antagonists off balance,

But what is that based on? If it's via the MSM, sorry but we have to disbelieve by default until confirmed independently. In this case, I think Trump can behave impulsively and likes to go off script, catching others (and himself) by surprise. But all of that is window dressing compared to whether he brings back jobs, tackles medical inflation without re-introducing the evils of exclusions or opportunistic rescission and prevents attacks on US homes. If he can do all that, who cares if he is grumpy with the Aussie Prime Minister, slings off at CNN or goes off script to advocate attacks on terrorist families which is a war crime. Do you want a man of words or of deeds?

A man of words and not of deeds
Is like a garden full of weeds
And when the weeds begin to grow
It's like a garden full of snow
And when the snow begins to fall
It's like a bird upon the wall
And when the bird away does fly
It's like an eagle in the sky
And when the sky begins to roar
It's like a lion at the door
And when the door begins to crack
It's like a stick across your back
And when your back begins to smart
It's like a penknife in your heart
And when your heart begins to bleed
You're dead, and dead, and dead indeed.