Diplomatic Donald is not the real deal

DONALD Trump is telling the world that even a “half baked” negotiator could have “very easily” delivered a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine, but now he's back as president he's the man to do it. I humbly suggest that the opposite is true and the US President has already blown it.

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Without doubt Trump is a master manipulator, king of the mind game. His modus operandi is to go in big and hard, then row back to achieve what he wanted in the first place, allowing others to think they've won.

He can also skilfully manoeuvre opponents into the position he wants them in, through a combination of well-communicated grievances, public shaming and needling. It certainly worked to make NATO members put more money into their own defences rather than relying on the US taxpayer, for which his voters back home are grateful.