How the Art of the Deal President makes decisions
“This president likes to build up extreme leverage before suddenly moving to cut a deal.”
Regarding President Donald J. Trump’s quandary on whether to bomb Iran, from Politico’s Playbook:
“It’s worth recalling how, in 2019, Trump was minutes away from ordering airstrikes against Iran before pulling the plug at the final moment, with the planes literally in the sky. (The NYT reported at the time that Trump ‘liked the ‘command’ of approving the strike, but also the decisiveness of calling it off.’) And while today’s situation is too serious for TACO jokes, it’s worth remembering too what we’ve learned from Trump’s on/off tariff moves — that this president likes to build up extreme leverage before suddenly moving to cut a deal.”
To me, that’s a fair summary of where we are. And I am not forgetting that many Americans, Democrats mostly, feel he is very impulsive when making decisions.
