Though a teetotaller, Donald Trump has an “alcoholic’s personality”, according to Susie Wiles, his chief of staff. Addictive personalities tend to be compulsive risk-takers. Doing what makes you feel good suspends the pain.
In Trump’s case, that pain is increasingly domestic and the cure foreign. The more dire his situation at home – his poll numbers are bad and show no sign of improving – the greater the temptation of getting a fix abroad.
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Financial Times