Squeeze them until it hurts, then squeeze some more. He’ll never change, and he’ll never understand why that doesn’t work in government.
I think it actually does work for him. Government working or not is irrelevant. He declares victory regardless or finds some shiftless brown people to blame it on. Facts don’t matter at all, Fox will praise him and his devotees will buy in wholeheartedly, even when they themselves are hurt as long as those brown people are hurt more.
The ultimate concern for Trump is that he gets to hurt people and be praised for it. Everything he says and does makes sense when seen through that lens.