One of the more interesting and totally irrational parts of US politics is the president making promises about what Congress is going to do.
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Thus why I brought game theory into it.
If Trump could dictate to Congress then it wouldn’t be game theory; it’d just be King Donald the First.
Instead, we have factions with different goals and different tactics, and I believe that this is the way that Trump is pursuing his stated goals.
Pretty much everybody uses game theory, with varying skill of course, and "luck" and timing are a big part too.
It's unwise to think that Trump always plays the game with that "tough but fair" pattern. "Tough but fair" is not always the best strategy, and risk taking (deviating from the usual pattern) can have great benefit.
And what makes you so sure his stated goals are his actual goals? Voters are part of this game too.
It's too early to tell whre Trump is headed with all this, but obviously, his utterances are flippant, and he is not afraid of trash talking his allies.