Trump Advisors Say He Was "Tricked" Into Supporting Ukraine Funding Bill

If a decision by a leader is later labeled a 'mistake', should this change how we view their capability to lead?

How important is it for a leader to take responsibility for their decisions, regardless of the advice they receive?

Can being misinformed justify a leader's controversial action, or should leaders have mechanisms to verify critical information?

Do you think it's acceptable for a leader to blame their advisors for a controversial decision?

Ukraine has tricked and used every American. But as president he should have realized this and not signed it

Trump is not bright. He could be tricked. He never knows what he is talking about. And the only thing that isn’t informed to him by workers, are things he only knows because he’s on the internet to see what people say about him. Because he cares what people think of him. Because he is a child in a man’s body. Literally, raided the capital because he got mad that he didn’t win. Literally a five year old level tantrum. I don’t think this man can trick anyone, unless it’s something directly benefiting towards him.

Yeah, that dog doesn't hunt anymore. You can only be "fooled again" so many times as one of the wealthiest and most well-connected people in the world. He's not going to "end the deep state" or "fix the country" because he's part of the same system, just a more palatable flavor

This exact issue has made the MAGA movement as infuriating as the woke progressives for me. The amount of mental gymnastics you have to do to cover for his constant mistakes is extraordinary. I wish I knew why the deep state is going after him because as far as I can tell, they are almost always on the same side of things.

Is the GOP on Trump’s side? He has to make deals to get anything he wants from ‘his own’ caucus. I don’t think he was tricked. I think he has to bargain for everything. So a lot of crap gets done because the GOP isn’t on Trump’s side and too often neither are on our side.

The same people who don’t think “draining the swamp” by appointing a cabinet full of industry insiders was his fault will make more excuses for him here. The Trump that exists in their heads and the one in real life aren’t the same thing.

Trump has flip flopped as hard as anyone on as many issues as anyone. The amazing thing is that there are still those that refuse to see it.

And now he's doubling down on tariffs. The only first thing about his tariffs are that they hurt Americans first.

Donald Trump gets tricked an awful lot for such a brilliant man...