It may not always work 100%, but the last president on the Republican side who had the same ability was President Reagan and on the Democrat side President Kennedy. Since Reagan no other President from either party could make the other side pause, until Trump came along.
I am not sure how all of this will end. The world economy is WAY overdue for a recession (several market signals dont look too good), thus a month or twelve from now things might be different. But that doesnt take away the fact that President Trump can cold stare the enemy, and the enemy will look down.
World economy? They need us we don’t need them.
Krushchev didn’t blink too hard. He got the biggest benefits out of the missile confrontation. JFK gave up a lot.JFK blinked badly at an earlier meeting which most likely motivated K to ship the missiles to Cuba.