Then again, Trump may well believe that this is the style which brought him to the White House, in defiance of every expectation.
The truth is that there is nothing more to be said, apart from insisting – in defiance of any expectation that he will listen – that his wilful testing of race-related taboos really ought to stop.
In defiance of some expectations, coalition with the Liberal Democrats has actually made Mr Cameron's position more, not less, secure.
After the Denning Report, in defiance of general expectations that he would resign shortly, Macmillan proposed to stay on.
Many of these people have led unsettled lives in defiance of their families' expectations, postponing marriage or opting for divorce and leaving home for adventures in distant lands.
Like the Chibok students who had dared go to school – putting them among just 29% of girls in northern Nigeria to make it past primary school – Smith, a product of the newly desegregated schools of Colorado, understood the struggle to complete education in defiance of society's expectations.
But before the end of that super-important first hour, in defiance of all my expectations, we were striding up through the extravagantly tilted meadows, away from our start point in the village of Kals where we had spent the previous night, at a speed Shinto only ever sustained downhill with the wind and an angry bull behind him.
For them, in defiance of Mr Hutton's expectations, a shuttle bus will be far more of a palaver.
Nevertheless, in defiance of my instincts and expectations, it turns out that this story was reported on in full by a single media figure last night.
He understands that victories are small, changes are slow and the future is uncertain and his defiance of expectation leads to a far more satisfying experience.
