Following failed talks, Trump has reportedly taken
For reasons that are difficult to understand from a distance, Donald Trump has extraordinary confidence in his presidential abilities. As a candidate, the Republican assured voters, “Nobody knows the system better than me, which is why I alone can fix it.”
Two years later, the Washington Postreported that Trump didn’t care about the dearth of qualified staff around him, “because he considers himself to be his own diplomat, negotiator and strategist.”
In the wake of his failed summit with North Korea’s Kim Jong-un, the American president is apparently taking this posture to new levels.
