performance is all he's capable of, con men perforn a well...

performance is all he's capable of, con men perforn a well rehearsed act as they are selling something fake and false. They understand their target/mark.
Trump is falseness personified, Americans struggle with defining this as their lives are spent being sold shit they don't want or need. It’s the way their system works, Trump is a total reflection of that system. He can't really help himself. Cultist followers are the same, just less intelligent, and i use intelligent very loosely. Followers are also generally weak individually, thus safety in numbers. Happier in a cult environment, be it a rally or online.

Not paying people is just part of the course in Trump World.

Basically, he's one horrible POS, a modern-day Facist Dictator being blunt.