Trump had no understanding of how government functioned. At times he would just start drafting orders himself or dictating. - Bob Woodward

When combined, Kushner’s four texts painted President Trump as crazy, aimless, stubborn and manipulative. I could hardly believe anyone would recommend these as ways to understand their father-in-law, much

Let that analysis sink in: Twenty percent of the president’s staff think they are “saving the world” from the president.

The president was speaking as if the U.S. military was a mercenary force for hire. If a country wouldn’t pay us to be there, then we didn’t want to be there. As if there were no American interests in forging and keeping a peaceful world order, as if the American organizing principle was money.