An old adage about politicians is is to observe what they do, not what they say. This is more true with Trump as he follows, what is called the <i>Mad Man</i> strategy -<p><pre><code> The madman theory posits that a leader who behaves as if he could do just about anything has a better chance of persuading other global actors to make concessions they otherwise would not make.
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- <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/01/07/madman-theory-international-relations-unpredictability/" rel="nofollow">https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/01/07/madman-theory-internati...</a><p>Whether the leader of a superpower should be adopting such a strategy is a different debate ...