He has the self-awareness and empathy of a toddler, despite having spent the last few years with Trump committing outrage after outrage against the office the shear scope is still enormous. This paragraph, on his first call with Putin, might serve as an exemplar of the whole approach. "Hill – author of a definitive biography of Putin -- started to explain some of the nuances she perceived from the call, according to CNN's sources – offering insight into Putin's psychology, his typical "smooth-talking" and linear approach and what the Russian leader was trying to achieve in the call. Hill was cut off by Trump, and the President continued discussing the call with Jared and Ivanka, making clear he wanted to hear the congratulatory evaluation of his daughter and her husband, rather than how Hill, Tillerson or McMaster judged the conversation." | |