I personally think that Trump's strategy of trying to have it both ways: running to Mexico to play at being "Presidential" then giving an anti-immigration speech the same day; going to a black church to appear "humble" and insulting the African American polity constantly, etc., is deliberate. And it seems to be working. Here's why I think it does: Those that want to see something good in his approach can find examples (e.g. "softening"), even if he is inconsistent, to support their view of who he is. Those, like Clinton, who think he's an absolute (fill in the blank) are baffled, because they don't know "which Trump" will appear.

A well reasoned argument is like a diamond: impervious to corruption and crystal clear - and infinitely rarer.

Here, as elsewhere, people are outraged at what feels like a rigged game -- an economy that won't respond, a democracy that won't listen, and a financial sector that holds all the cards. - Robert Reich