Does President Trump create problems, so he can claim he has a solution by backing off

[Peacetrain]

Seriously.. take tariffs.. he puts them on and 2 days later he is doing everyone a favor by taking them off..

He got rid of NAFTA, then rebranded it USMCA last term.. and then got rid of it this term.. tariffs of all the car makers and today he is going to Michigan to take them off..

Crisis in a can.. the great re-brander

[Fiendish Thingy]

1. No- that's just what he does when he can't continue the chaos he created. Nt

[Ocelot II]

2. I don't think so; he's too impulsive. And he's been obsessed with tariffs for years.

He only pulls them back when he gets enough blowback from the money men.

[Ping Tung]

3. It's an old trick.

I remember LBJ "leaking" that he was going to send something like 100,000 more troops to Vietnam which triggered outrage. A few days later he announced that he was going to send "only" 50,000 and most people were relieved that he was going to send "only" 50k to provide cannon fodder for a lost war.

[Silent Type]

4. No matter what chaos he causes, he'll claim victory.

[Johonny]

5. I think "Trump" is not in charge

Despite his Im a dictator image. Recent interviews with Trump make him seem like he is marginalized in his own White House. Every Sleepy Joe fear, appears to be true with Trump. Who is running what and whose policies are we following and what information is getting to the president? We don't fucking know.

Trump seems generally surprised by his deep unpopularity as if he had no idea the things happening are awful.

[AnotherMother4Peace]

9. I question if he's in charge of very much, including his own hygiene. trump is rapidly losing the basics. nt

[AnotherMother4Peace]

6. He's the rapist that blames it on the victim, becomes helpful, & becomes the "protector". Some sort of "DARVO"

"Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim and Offender" (DARVO) - very abusive & manipulative. A technique often used in Cults.

[ImNotGod]

7. He has spent his entire life conning people, he has perfected it to a fine art. nt

[FarPoint]

8. tRump does daily outrageous comments to stay in the media chatter

His goal which is successful is to take oxygen away from any/ all Democratic activities and/ or messages. This is not new behavior ..It's just being called out in legacy media because they have a dog in this plan....

[RockRaven]

10. Yes and no. His enablers indulge his dumb decisions knowing that when it

blows up they can do that retreat and spin maneuver. But I don't think he is engaging in that three/four step planning. He's a crooked dumb asshole, not a long term strategist.

[Greybnk48]

11. All the time. It's called a "straw-man argument." Present a problem that doesn't exist, and fix it.

We should call tRump President Strawman.

[tanyev]

12. I don't think it's the initial strategy, but it is the coping strategy.

I think he really believes his crazy ideas will work and when they don’t, he pulls back and declares victory anyway.

[maxrandb]

13. Does a bear crap in the woods?

Is the Pope catholic?