Well, that is true. Does that excuse the rest? For example, Obama said things about Hillary when he was running against her and of course, later reversed course when he won the nomination. That seems part and parcel for politics.
I don't think Trump has any self awareness. I mean the guy said he would be too busy to golf, "I think", and then criticized Obama and he doesn't even wait 2 week to golf and then doesn't stop golfing. I think he has golfed every weekend. And, I'm getting tired of him going to the so called southern White House every weekend, I think except one. He claimed he would be too busy to leave the WH. And why does he need to go there? He costs millions of dollars everytime he does and he claims to be fiscally conservative..
I think he never thought he would win and now that he has, he is going to live it up like a king.