> This administration really, truly lives under the delusion that they hold "all the cards". I think it's simpler than that: they think the world is a zero-sum

> This administration really, truly lives under the delusion that they hold "all the cards". I think it's simpler than that: they think the world is a zero-sum game, so why bother being anything but utterly confrontational at every turn? Of course, that's a childish way to view the world, but we're a childish people.