I think there are a couple of things in play. Mr Trump is incompetent by some reasonable standard but his ignorance has exacerbated it. He is surrounded by extremists who would rather we not have a federal government. Their argument is simple. He has to fulfill his campaign promises. The people who supported him do not understand what is happening.
Mr Trump is is simply a tool of the extreme right and their agenda to deconstruct the federal government. He is succeeding.
