A Mugshot for the Ages: Trump Delivers a Master Class on the Art of the Political Counterpunch
(This article was first posted in the Signal to Noise substack – reposted with permission.)
As much as we lionize Donald Trump as a superior mind and 5G chess master, for the most part, what makes him exceptional is his constant dishing out of unapologetic common sense – something that is not so common, anymore.
Also, DTJ is not infallible, and is liable to make mistakes and wrong moves.
But every now and then, a situation arises that allows him to show some mad game-theory skills and portray his mastery of the information war.
That was the case with the ‘mugshot for the ages’, a real masterclass in the art of the political counterpunch.