“President Trump’s angry claim on Monday that Iran was being ‘unbelievably duplicitous’ in its dealings with the United States was just the latest sign of his struggle to understand his rivals in Tehran,” the New York Times reports.
“Mr. Trump considers himself a master of sizing up and exploiting his adversaries. But Iran’s leaders have baffled him.”
Said Trump: “All they do is make me angry. They just make me angry.”
Save to Favorites
Taegan Goddard is the founder of Political Wire, one of the earliest and most influential political web sites. He also runs Political Job Hunt, Electoral Vote Map and the Political Dictionary.
Goddard spent more than a decade as managing director and chief operating officer of a prominent investment firm in New York City. Previously, he was a policy adviser to a U.S. Senator and Governor.
Goddard is also co-author of You Won - Now What? (Scribner, 1998), a political management book hailed by prominent journalists and politicians from both parties. In addition, Goddard's essays on politics and public policy have appeared in dozens of newspapers across the country.
Goddard earned degrees from Vassar College and Harvard University. He lives in New York with his wife and three sons.
Goddard is the owner of Goddard Media LLC.