ANALYSIS — President Donald Trump will head to his resort in Florida this week for a Thanksgiving celebration by the sea. Perhaps turkey and trimmings at Trump International Hotel Las Vegas, just off the casino-lined Strip, would have been more apropos.
That’s because, on matters foreign and domestic, the president has turned to staking his second term on a number of high-risk political bets.
Last week, he appeared to thumb his nose at military guidelines and norms by suggesting that a group of congressional Democrats who had urged U.S. troops to ignore illegal orders should be put to death.
