Donald Trump usually trusts his instincts, and that's a problem - By Scot Lehigh
If ever there was an apt two-sentence encapsulation of the problems with Donald Trump and his presidency, Trump himself offered it Monday as he set up his flip-flop on Afghanistan.
“My original instinct was to pull out,” he said. “And historically, I like following my instincts.”
Given the seriousness of the Afghanistan situation, however, Trump did something he seldom does. “I studied Afghanistan in great detail and from every conceivable angle.” And so he arrived back more or less at Barack Obama’s strategy of a reluctant acquiescence to a longer stay.
Too often, this president simply acts on instinct. Here’s the problem with Trump trusting his gut: Ample though that source of counsel appears to be, this president is so poorly informed, has such a short attention span, so underestimates policy complexities, and so overestimates his own abilities that he repeatedly finds his promises and proclamations ripped apart by reality.
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