Yeah the key word is 'forthright', which his little 'dance' wasn't.

Please find me some publicly published praise of this guy's performance, or drop it.

If the polls showed the opposite he and the Trump campaign would bring them up in every interview, every appearance.

Because they're not, that 'performance' was what you got.

You admire it, I don't. I think it was chicken shit, which at least is consistent with the guy he represents.

In this case you have a fool for a client, with the other meaning.