博尔顿新书第一章节(2)

I cannot offer a comprehensive theory of the Trump Administration’s transformation because none is possible. Washington’s conventional wisdom on Trump’s trajectory, however, is wrong. This received truth, attractive
to
the
intellectually
lazy,
is
that
Trump
was
always
bizarre,
but
in his
fifirst
fififteen
months,
uncertain
in
his
new
place,
and
held
in
check
by
an “axis of adults,” he hesitated to act. As time passed, however, Trump became more certain of himself, the axis of adults departed, things fell apart,
and
Trump
was
surrounded
only
by
“yes
men.”