Bloomberg's John Heilemann comments on Donald Trump's campaign jiu jitsu tactics -- where he co-opts the force of incoming attacks and turns them around towards the enemy.



Heilemann says that Trump's campaign to spin losing delegate contests to Ted Cruz into an anti-Establishment anti-corruption line is " the most political sophistication of any moment in the entire campaign."





JOHN HEILEMANN: This particular moment where he left Wisconsin in the worst position he has been in throughout the entire race, and how he managed to make this turn. If he ends up being the Republican nominee we will look at this as the moment when he displayed the most political sophistication of any moment in the entire campaign.



There have been times when Trump has just bullied through things, with his strength, people attacked him, he made mistakes, he got stronger by sucking the energy out of the attacks.



This has not been a visceral thing, this has just been a smart thing, this is going to be: I'm in trouble. I have New York coming up, let's see what is going on out here, and how I can jiu jitsu what is ostensibly a negative for me, which is to say I'm losing delegates, and turn it into a message that has been more consistently on and on brand.



The sophistication of this, Trump has not been... But this is a moment where he has really displayed strategic and tactical deftness.