I think Trump gets far too much credit. He is a child. He is easily manipulated. He’ll do or say anything to keep his base adoring him.
However, the real evil F’ers are Stone, Manafort, Bannon. I think there is a special place in hell for them...
Also Ryan and McConnnell...they escape criticism but are profiteering off of a candidate they deplore...at least that is what they have leaked out...those bastards are truly evil.
Trump is a living smokescreen for the agendas of all those backroom boys.
I would word this slightly different.
Trump is a sociopath. Therefore he is task oriented to the extent that other people and their feelings/needs aren't even a thing that registers with him at all. They simply don't exist. All Trumps actions can be simplified down to "What do I need to say/do to get what I want". He doesn't have some inherently evil plan. And he will jump from directly opposing stances based on the last person he speaks to simply because a different person has given him a different answer to his question.
"How do I get candy from that kid"
Person 1 - kill it and take it
Person 2 - buy it from them
Person 3 - ask for them to give it to you
Trump has no feelings about any of those things personally, they are all equal as long as they get him what he wants he doesn't really care how. The reason that is dangerous is because when you only care about getting what you want, damaging others and their livlihoods tends to be a consequence of the actions you take as you don't even consider how it impacts on them. So even on his own, without the likes of Miller around, he would still be dangerous. It would just be a less targeted sort of dangerous.
The likes of Miller have an actual agenda and are inherently evil. They are dangerous as they look to influence someone like trump by answering the "How do I get what I want" questions with answers that fit their inherently evil agenda. They tend to have no real power on their own and therefore aren't particular dangerous on their own. When they are allowed to influence a sociopathic leader though, you have problems.