The president's most ardent supporters seem to be having trouble coherently defending his latest moves, according to one analyst.
Before entering office, President Donald Trump was known as someone who used a madman negotiation style in his business deals. He has seemingly taken a similar approach to conducting foreign policy during both of his administrations, which became even more evident during his recent summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to Emma Vigeland, co-host of the progressive podcast "The Majority Report."
Vigeland noted in a clip posted on Sunday that Trump's favorite news network, Fox News, has struggled to defend Trump's behavior during the summit, which some experts have described as capitulation.
"They spin it as how he's the ultimate dealmaker...It's just like these pop negotiation business tactics that you learn on TikTok or something like that," Vigeland said about Trump's negotiations with Putin over the Ukraine war. "I mean, it's just so childish and insane that he thinks he's going to achieve anything this way."
Vigeland added that Trump's negotiation style may have a different impact if he were educated about the issues he's negotiating.
"This is the problem: there is something to his madman theory to a degree," Vigeland said. "You never know what he's going to say next, and perhaps that could create some change. But it's insane because he doesn't know what he's even talking about, and he's so deteriorated."
