I think more important than most of the specifics here is how Dump is choosing government appointees: Someone who is terrible at whatever job they are given, and the public proclamation that "no one should take my advice" is an acceptable statement.

Wouldn't it be better that he at least says shit like, "as we ramp up militarization, killing and removing all the foreigners will get less germs in the air, aheeyuk" Like he is trying at a bare minimum brain level at the job?

If I was a foreign state asset that somehow became the US president, I don't really know how I could hurt the US's leadership more than what's happening right now. In that light, each move Trump is doing is quite brilliant.