recent agreement with the E.U., suggesting they are primarily public relations maneuvers rather than substantive policy achievements. Trump's approach to trade is characterized as a "blitzkrieg PR strategy" aimed at "flood[ing] the zone with 'the good news' so as to win the next news cycle or two." The emphasis is on quickly declaring "wins" with "impressive bullet points" for White House fact sheets, rather than thorough negotiation. The E.U. trade "deal" is described as "not actually a trade deal, it's just a framework," negotiated "in under an hour, basically in between rounds of golf in Scotland." Key promises, such as "$600 billion in investment" and "$750 billion in E.U. purchases of American gas and oil," are dismissed as "meaningless vaporware" and a "fantasy."

Ghislaine Maxwell, described as "not stupid," is leveraging her positio ...