Bullies will get their way until someone stands up to them. It’s always been this way. All these politicians thinking there’s nuance to these situations forget that they’re dealing with a guy who doesn’t understand, or see any need for, nuance. He’s a bully doing whatever fancies himself. He’ll keep doing it until leaders start standing up to him. You can’t negotiate with bullies. Everything is a zero-sum-game to them. The only way you can “be clever” is to fool him into thinking he’s “won” something.