Not exactly—he is and has always been a conman, he’s just applying that skill to politics.
I don’t oppose the idea, I just highly doubt Trump will accomplish it, and honestly I doubt republicans at large will support it. We can’t even get them to raise the fucking minimum wage from $7.25.
Trump has been a client of the sleaziest lobbyists on DC (Paul Manafort and Roger Stone) since the 1980s. His administration had Bill Barr who worked for George HW Bush, warhawk John Bolton who worked for Reagan, Bush Senior, and George W….
This “drain the swamp/anti-establishment” shit has always been a con.