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Biographer: Foreign dictators play Trump 'like A fiddle' exploiting weakness
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What happened
Biographer Michael Wolff told The Daily Beast’s Joanna Coles that foreign leaders can exploit President Donald Trump through flattery because Trump refuses detailed briefings and enters high-stakes meetings without mastering the issues. Wolff’s “like a fiddle” assessment is his interpretation: he said foreign counterparts see a president from whom they can extract concessions, even calling Trump a “buffoon.”
AlterNet connected that criticism to Trump’s recent summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping. According to the outlet, the meeting produced a two-month…
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