text: Trump deliberately positions himself such that the story is Trump vs. Everyone else. 
  
  Obviously, everyone else will always win that, but the failures are probably more politically productive for Trump than successes anyway.  The Base loves the vague conspiracies in which everyone else is responsible for your failures, whereas had Trump actually succeeded, they'd be the ones most impacted by eg losing their healthcare. 
  
  It's all a very deliberate act.