That’s a fun way to parody Trump. But I don’t think that’s what is at play here. I think its much simpler than that. Trump’s worldview is hyper-reductive, there are only two categories in life: “good for trump” and “bad for trump.”
Anything that might put his already tenuous claim to legitimacy (losing the popular vote by 3 million obviously burns him up) must be discredited with everything he’s got. Which is why his team leaked his ridiculous threat to restructure the CIA. Yet another example of his tactic: “Get even with people. If they screw you, screw them back 10 times as hard.”
All that cronyism with Russia (and god knows who else) is probably true, but he’s not even thinking about it. If anything his over-the-top reaction to all of this draws attention to those questions because of a “methinks the trump doth protest too much” effect.
