Trump is a master at The Double Blind Trap. He uses it masterfully.

A double bind is a dilemma in communication in which an individual (or group) receives two or more conflicting messages, with one negating the other. In some circumstances (particularly families and relationships Or Being The Fake News Media Asking Trump a question) this might be emotionally distressing. This creates a situation in which a successful response to one message results in a failed response to the other (and vice versa), so that the person will automatically be wrong regardless of response. The double bind occurs when the person cannot confront the inherent dilemma, and therefore can neither resolve it nor opt out of the situation.Double binds are often utilized as a form of control without open coercion—the use of confusion makes them both difficult to respond to as well as to resist.