Naw B. They knew exactly who they were getting in bed with. An idiot they could manipulate because his whole politcal world view is based on what he sees and hears on TV
so far they have failed in every possible way to manipulate or control him...
if you really read the news of the last 6 months Trump by himself has been the biggest roadblock to everything the GOP has tried to get done - and everything that Bannon was trying to slide in.
for the last four months the WH comms office has called Trump stupid 7 ways from Sunday in official statements
(its not possible for Trump to leak classified info because he doesn't read w/o pictures or he is unable to comprehend global politics / economics / mid east etc..)
Look -ignorant, self centered, uneducated, shameless, unempathetic, lacking self awareness, undisciplined, lazy and immature = impossibly inconsistent
Trump has damaged them (Putin too) way more than they could have ever imagined because they only saw useful idiot never stopping to think of how highly dangerous stupid people are. Stupid people lack the tools of long term self preservation - all that matters is the win in the now or saving of self at all costs in the now... there is never a plan - just reaction
I posted before that if put into a dark enough corner Trump wouldn't hesitate to sell his own children into slavery.