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Running the Trump Organization. It worked that way in the campaign and in the white house. People like gary cohn, one of his chief economic advisers, peter navarro, he would have them battle it out about tariffs. Navarros side ended in winning. Thats also been trumps longheld view about tariffs. Gary cohn later resigned, mostly because of that decision made by the president. But he is someone who, in our reporting, shows in recent weeks hes grown more and more frustrated with some of the advice from his straf. Hes also grown more and more frustrated more of his staff is leaving, but at the same time, he feels a little liberated, hes been telling people close to him that he wants to trust his instincts, trust his gut. He thinks thats what won him the election in 2016 and thats what he waunnts to rely on more and more in the white house, and were seeing that this week in particular, the decision on tariffs and the surprising dec ....
how much does that thrill you, that he wants to rely on his gut? that s a nightmare. this president is uniquely ignorant about the world and policy matters. he believes what he believes, and facts really do not enter into it. he s infamous for not reading anything. so when he watches a glad torial battle between aides on a policy matter, goodness knows what he uses to judge it because he has no independent basis of knowledge. in fact, he chose the viewpoint impose tariffs that 99.9% of economists say is disastrous. i think this chaos, yes, it s how he operates, but secondly, it s a bit of cover for anything that looks like a normal process. this president doesn t know very much. he hasn t made an effort to know very much. he doesn t like being criticized. i think creating this hullabaloo around him distracts people, confuses people, and he meanders ....