Why Trigger-Happy Trump Is Actually Afraid to Fire
Here’s what you need to know about what’s moving the president—and the world.
No one knows why Donald Trump does what he does—and that often includes Donald Trump himself. The “Inside Trump’s Head” podcast, featuring Michael Wolff and Joanna Coles, offers unique insight into his whims, fears, lurches, and constant efforts at distraction.
On the latest episode, Wolff and Coles untangle a week where chaos seems to be the point. Or, at least, the pointy end of the stick. With scandals colliding and global order wobbling, is this all part of a master play or are we watching events slip beyond Trump’s grasp? Here on Substack, we’re highlighting the five points that are lighting the president’s latest five-alarm fire.
o Trigger happy: The president is in a serious foreign policy pickle. If he backs down on his promises to support protestors in Iran, he looks weak; if he follows through on his explicit threats to the Iranian regime, he risks war with a major military power. Trump’s roughshod, impulsive decision-making when it comes to conflict “resolution” is simply about him throwing his weight around, without realizing this strategy only weighs him down. And nothing shines a light on the flaws in a strongman’s persona like indecision.
