I think he is honest in what he says because he believes it. He has surrounded himself with the wrong people and I believe that is one of his bigger problems.
As options, YES and NO qualify for a difficult and uncomfortable question. Yes, he is honest. He may not have known what he was doing. No, he is not honest. Which means he actually meant to do all of the things he has done.
The same people that say "Yes" in this poll, are probally the same people that lose money due to Nigerian scam emails, they are that naive.