{"id":42728,"date":"2021-07-16T11:54:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-16T15:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=42728"},"modified":"2021-07-20T12:14:48","modified_gmt":"2021-07-20T16:14:48","slug":"donald-trump-analysis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/donald-trump-analysis\/","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump: Analysis of the 45th American President"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Was Donald Trump a good president? What was the American president like as a leader and as a person? Do you think Trump was fit to be a president? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In <em>A Warning<\/em>, a book about the behind-the-scenes of Trump&#8217;s administration, the anonymous author provides their subjective analysis of the 45th American president. They describe his character traits, decodes the meaning behind his public remarks, as well as the motives behind his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/political-decision-making\/\">political decisions<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is a brief overview of Donald Trump&#8217;s analysis from the 2019 bestseller <em>A Warning<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Donald Trump Is a Controversial Figure<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In <em>A Warning<\/em>, the anonymous author provides their insider analysis of Donald Trump. Here&#8217;s what they has to say about the 45th American president.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Donald Trump as a Leader<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The president\u2019s views are paramount\u2014they set the direction of the administration and determine congressional priorities. They build public confidence and trust. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In discussing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/donald-trump-as-a-leader-why-he-was-unfit\/\">Donald Trump as a leader<\/a>, Anonymous argues that Trump\u2019s views are constantly changing, depending on his whims, the last person he spoke with, or something he saw on television. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He reverses himself constantly, whether on health care, abortion, trade with China, or gun control. From the early days of his administration, he amazed staff with his inability to stick with a position. It provides fodder for comedians, memes, and even the sale of novelties, such as Trump flip-flop sandals with differing messages on the right and left soles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the opposite of what the Republican Party is supposed to stand for. The GOP, which has long considered itself to be the party of principles, should be disturbed at Trump\u2019s style of tossing out random ideas to see what \u201csticks.\u201d Trump has indeed advanced a number of Republican causes, including making conservative judicial appointments and regulatory changes. However, most of the credit should go Congressional Republicans or the senior White House staff, who convinced him to stay the course. He made a shambles of other Republican principles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Donald Trump&#8217;s Personality<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u201cIt\u2019s a hellhole, okay? They don\u2019t let you say shithole anymore. But that place is a hellhole and everybody knows it.\u201d<\/li><li>\u201cWatch them start to choke like dogs.\u201d<\/li><li>\u201cI don\u2019t f&#8212;ing care. Ooh ooh, excuses, excuses. Just stick it to them. I promise you, they will be kissing our asses afterwards.\u201d<\/li><li>\u201cThis guy, have you seen him\u2014\u2019My Pillow.\u2019 He\u2019s unbelievable. He buys all the airtime on TV. It\u2019s terrific. And he\u2019s a big, big Trump supporter.\u201d<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Such comments are a window into real <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/donald-trump-personality\/\">Donald Trump&#8217;s personality<\/a>, that is, behind the facade. Often, he\u2019s vulgar, furious and close to losing control. Donald Trump is undoubtedly a controversial figure. Sometimes, he comes across as charming or amusing, especially to people encountering him for the first time. Many find it refreshing that he says whatever crosses his mind, in comparison to the scripted presentations of most politicians. But while we\u2019ve had other undisciplined presidents, Trump is in a class by himself. For those who work with him, amusement quickly turns to alarm and apprehension.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Donald Trump&#8217;s Free Trade Policy<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Perhaps Trump\u2019s biggest betrayal of conservative principles has been his rejection of free trade\u2014he\u2019s a stubborn protectionist.<\/strong> Trump has imposed new trade barriers based on a wrongheaded view of economics. He doesn\u2019t understand trade but doesn\u2019t listen when experts try to explain it to him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump believes placing tariffs or fees on imports will make our country wealthier, when actually, it will make the things we buy more expensive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here\u2019s an example of how Trump thinks tariffs work: If we put a 20% tariff on sweaters from India, we\u2019ll get $6 on every imported sweater. In effect, Indians will be paying us to buy them. With sweaters selling for higher prices, U.S. manufacturers will start making them again and have an edge over India because U.S. companies won\u2019t be paying the $6 per sweater fee. It will create jobs as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, what will really happen is that Indian manufacturers will raise the price of sweaters they sell in the U.S. by $6. U.S. companies will lose money because a greater share of consumer dollars are going to the more expensive imported goods instead of other things they could be buying.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Trump\u2019s tariffs are a back-door tax on Americans that will cost them more than they saved under his 2017 tax cut<\/strong>. Further, some experts estimate his actions have already caused the loss of hundreds of thousands of jobs. The effects will continue to spread to every industry. 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Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Secretary of Defense James Mattis had international experience, but they weren\u2019t on board with Trump\u2019s isolationist views. Trump fired his national security advisor Mike Flynn after a few weeks for lying to the FBI about his contacts with high-ranking Russians. For a while, no one seemed to be in charge until Gen. H.R. McMaster replaced Flynn and tried to get everyone on the same page.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The problem was that no one knew what to expect from Trump. He might try to end a trade agreement with Canada after getting angry over a phone call with the prime minister. Or he might want to cut funding to an ally. His actions created a sense of policy whiplash on his foreign policy team at home and abroad. His calls with foreign leaders were an embarrassment\u2014he would make strange pronouncements, brag about himself, or fly off the handle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The president is required by law to produce a national security strategy. 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