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As more business leaders distanced themselves from Trump’s councils, he responded with insults and social-media bluster rather than damage control. The result was a self-inflicted PR spiral: the more he tried to look tough, the more he looked isolated, defensive, and unable to absorb criticism from people he had invited to advise him.
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As more business leaders distanced themselves from Trump’s councils, he responded with insults and social-media bluster rather than damage control. The result was a self-inflicted PR spiral: the more he tried to look tough, the more he looked isolated, defensive, and unable to absorb criticism from people he had invited to advise him.
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