It's pretty clear by now he's basically dumb but tries to impress people dressing up his ideas to sound more professional. I really have trouble seeing him as being on a higher plane to a more obvious dummy like Corky/Derek. I think Trump has empowered these kind of guys to just stand tall and lie about everything as shit falls apart around them. He wasn't even aware Canada had a better Covid response then the US ( by a huge factor in recent months ).