The Art of the Oval Office Ambush

Washington Post: “Now elected leaders across the nation and world are worrying about who will be next, officials and experts said, weighing the benefits of a high-profile meeting with the most powerful man on Earth against the chance that they will be politically bruised by an Oval Office ambush…”

“Roughly four months into his second term, Trump has transformed what historically has been a rote performance that countries choreograph well in advance of a meeting into a political and diplomatic minefield. Trump routinely places world leaders before cameras for as long as an hour as he opines, frequently veering off topic and sometimes raising sensitive issues that leaders once discussed behind closed doors.”