Another approach for mainstream parties is to woo the hard right’s voters by adopting some of their preferred policies. … Research by Tarik Abou-Chadi of the University of Oxford shows that when mainstream politicians adopt anti-immigrant positions, it only serves to remind voters why they might vote for hard-right parties in the first place.

“But I’m different, I can do it” - every conservative leader

Receiving $2.4 billion is nice. But not if you had to pay $1265 billion (market cap) for the privilege.

You are both right. Trump is the distraction and incapable of working on an agenda. He needs the people in the background. But he is capable of understanding what he is doing. And he likes it.