A year into President Trump’s second term, his threats, retreats, twists and turns appear to be wearing on allies and adversaries.
President Trump, who considers himself a master deal maker, has never made any secret of his belief that the secret to winning at negotiation is to keep the other side off balance.
But a year into his second term, his act is starting to wear on both allies and adversaries, some of whom are starting to view him as so mercurial and unreliable that they appear willing to consider waiting him out or turning away from him rather than enduring the abrupt starts, stops and humiliations that can accompany engaging with him.
In foreign policy, tariffs, immigration and his pressure campaign on universities, Mr. Trump’s threats, retreats, twists and turns have left negotiating partners feeling at times that they are being used to score political points and that there is little purpose to engaging on substance when his moods and demands can shift in an instant.
“What Trump is identifying as unpredictability is actually anxiety about his electoral prospects,” said Timothy L. O’Brien, a biographer of Mr. Trump.
“Unpredictable style” is code word for “I’m a fucking moron and have no idea what I’m doing I just used bigotry to get where I am”.
I mean, you can’t deny that there is logic in calling dementia “unpredictable style”
I used to think my “unpredictable” poker style made me good at the game, but then I actually learned how to play, and never thought that again. Being bad at something doesn’t make you good at it, Donnie.
Master deal maker my a#%. He flip flops more than flip flops and has no idea how to make a deal. Ukraine. Tariffs.
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All of our sanity?
