I don't see how those two observations can be consistent of each other. If he's a fraud...then by definition, he's NOT the caricature that he presents.

Correct me if I'm wrong....but the heart of the issue is that I perceive Trump to be extremely intelligent while manipulating his persona in any way that achieves success. You perceive Trump to be the bumbling idiot he presents himself as. So when you call him a 'fraud'...you're essentially talking about the substance of his rhetoric. The quantifiable lies. When I call him a fraud...I'm more talking about how he is not the person he is pretending to be.