'Not a TV show': Trump's latest action compared to 'high-stakes game of chicken'
President Donald Trump’s tariff turnaround rocked the global economy but it’s his “game show-like approach to ‘governance’” which could be more damaging to America than we realize, according to a column in Salon.
While the BBC called the spectacle “a high-stakes game of chicken, with the world's economy hanging in the balance,” columnist Chauncey DeVega believes there is something more subtle happening.
“Trump’s genius skill as a propagandist is amplified by social media and other forms of digital culture.” Meaning...