I don't he's clever enough to be a troll. He's just kind of an idiot who says incredibly decisive things, then massages it to seem like there was subtext. Essentially feeding weaker minded people who follow him that he has a plan, and he's actually really clever in his subversion of...some...thing?
He's not. He's exactly what he seems like. An adult with symptomatic Arrested Development that thinks he still has something to prove to everyone to be liked. He's like a kid that thinks he's getting back at someone who slighted him but doesn't want to show embarassment. The weird part is that he actually seems desperate to be liked and adored, which is SUPER fucked up if you really think about what lengths he would go to in order to get that feeling.