Marc Fisher, Washington Post; Bravado and branding: Trump brings a new leadership style to the White House
"Building such uncertainty and unpredictability into his leadership and decision-making allows Trump to float possibilities, test ideas and remain antagonistic to the powers that be — all before he puts a decision into play. Add his infamous lack of impulse control — his predawn tweets, his thin-skinned reaction to criticism, his insulting comments about people he’s already defeated — and a short attention span — he said he has no patience for reading reports or briefings — and the result is something not quite like any previous occupant of the White House...
If he follows his life’s pattern, he will leave the day-to-day administration of the government to his top aides, much as Ronald Reagan did. But unlike Reagan, Trump is unlikely to stand aside as he puts his governing philosophy into play. He is demanding and impatient with his staff, and anything but shy about making his displeasure known. But he is not the boss Americans got to know on “The Apprentice”; his top executives say that in real life, he rarely fired anyone and was far from the cavalier brute he portrayed on TV.
He listens well and takes advice, said Res and other top Trump staffers. But there was never any master plan, just as there was no organizational chart. There was just Trump at the center of all things — the definition of Trump being Trump.
He scoffs at deep study and goes, instead, with his gut. He believes in his instincts. He believes he will naturally do the right thing. He believes, as he wrote in his book, “Think Like a Billionaire,” that “a narcissist does not hear the naysayers. At the Trump Organization, I listen to people, but my vision is my vision.”"
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