I'm not so sure he's being told anything.  I think it's more of Trump making these things up in his own egotistical, shallow mind and passing stuff off as the truth.  He's a serial liar, that we already know for sure, so it's very easy for him to make up stuff with no remorse.  

Beautifully written but I would make one correction--Post Christmas let-down actually arrives for many in January with all the credit card bills.

I would expect tit for tat from some countries if tarrifs are imposed on some imports.
 

Didn't strike any deal with Trump?  He-he-he.  We'll wait.

Once can feel for her but I've no idea what he was talking about.