Mr Donald Trump has been in office long enough for certain patterns to emerge in his behaviour. The US President likes to create a crisis, let it run a while and then announce that he has solved it.
He will frighten friend and foe alike with dire threats, before striking an agreement that he self-certifies as "tremendous". In reality, the new deal will often be superficial and the underlying issues will remain largely unaddressed.
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