LACEY WYANT

Everyone but Trump Understands What He’s Done

Allied leaders know that any positive gesture they make will count for nothing.

Donald Trump does not think strategically. Nor does he think historically, geographically, or even rationally. He does not connect actions he takes on one day to events that occur weeks later. He does not think about how his behavior in one place will change the behavior of other people in other places.

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He does not consider the wider implications of his decisions. He does not take responsibility when these decisions go wrong. Instead, he acts on whim and impulse, and when he changes his mind—when he feels new whims and new impulses—he simply lies about whatever he said or did before.

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/03/trump-iran-war-allies/686423/?gift=SCYx-5scVta3-cr_IlgTybXdN4hcbNBwQLUyob8-f0c&s=09

Everyone but Trump Understands What He’s Done

Allied leaders know that any positive gesture they make will count for nothing.

The Atlantic