Trump Finds Attack Dog Strategy Has Its Limits
https://politicalwire.com/2017/01/07/trump-finds-attack-dog-strategy-limits/
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New York Times: That aggressiveness served him well in the presidential campaign, and allowed him to muscle through scandals and self-inflicted management mistakes that would have scuttled a lesser politician. But Mr. Trumps postelection effort to minimize intelligence assessments about Russias actions came to an abrupt end Friday after a detailed classified briefing from the nations top intelligence officials at Trump Tower and the release of an unclassified report concluding that the Russian president, Vladimir V. Putin, had a clear preference for Mr. Trump.
By the end of the day, it was clear that the strategy of intimidation and bluster that served Mr. Trump so well in the presidential campaign would not prove nearly as effective in Washington. Here was a reminder, should Mr. Trump heed it, that a presidents critics, especially the lords of Washingtons national security establishment, cant always be cowed by a flash-grenade tweet or a withering quip about the possibility that a 400-lb. hacker might have breached Democratic servers.
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