> My gut reaction is that Trump is more like Patton than MacArthur... <
Agreed. What saved Patton was that he (Patton) had someone to run interference for him, that someone being Eisenhower. Trump however does not have an Ike.
Moral of the story: Trump has to be more careful and more diplomatic than Patton had to be. I don’t think Trump has quite realized that yet.
That “saved” Patton? Not the other way around?