Disagree. He doesn't GAS about his base. He is President "Mike TV". It is "Wag the Dog" in real life. He is only President when the cameras are rolling because he thinks that's all that matters. Everything is a stunt. Nothing has any consequences. He doesn't really make any decisions, he just lets the GOP do as they please and keeps a look out for a photo op. If he thinks he can get a TV spot out of it he'll claim it and his base will cheer as though they are in on it.
This has the essence of truth to me.
Trump is totally reactive. He has no strategy and no long term plan. Maybe some of his advisers do - Steve Bannon did, for example. Every ything is a brain-fart. Everything is produced with an eye on the TV moment. That's why there is rarely follow through. Some flunkey has to clean up the mess and actually produce something later, if anyone cares.
Look at the "Space Force". They invented a new crest and uniform and just transferred 23 units from the Air Force into the new entity.
It's more absurd than Dr Strangelove.