“What this translates into in practice is Trump’s possible utilization of calculated chaos in order to instill his rivals with confusion and prevent them from foreseeing what he’s up to on the world stage. This could explain his earlier spat with the Chinese over the “One China” policy and his duplicitous hints of a New Detente with Russia. It also answers the question of why his administration keeps vacillating back and forth over regime change in Syria.”
Trump’s Regime Change Vacillations Are Calculated Chaos
It’s nearly impossible to know what’s really going on anymore because of how unexpected it was to many observers that Trump so suddenly “changed his mind” as he put it and ordered the cruise missile strike against Syria.
https://www.geopolitica.ru/en/article/trumps-regime-change-vacillations-are-calculated-chaos