That's why I say he's good at being bad at Presidenting. I think this is a deliberate choice on his part, to focus his energy on the tools of the Presidency that work for him, and to have his agenda be what he can do with those tools rather than try to accomplish things with tools he's not adept with.

I think it's simpler than that. He has always been about pasting his name on everything, to glorify himself. He doesn't do the "President" thing, because he was born as the CEO of a closely held company. He is used to being a dictator.

Two things are different, vs his first term. SCOTUS held that he can't be charged with a crime, as long as he is POTUS, so the only remedy is impeachment. As Schiff said of his coup attempt, "if this isn't impeachable, nothing is", but he was not convicted, so impeachment is not a constraint either.

So we have a typical "JC", unaccountable to anyone, doing as he pleases, to enrich and glorify himself.

Recall the words of his defense counsel, in the second impeachment: words to the effect "The President sets policy in the national interest, as he sees it. If a President decides it is in the national interest to ignore an election, and stay in power, it's OK". Trump will be President for life.

Steve