Showering Trump With Flattery Is a Risky Political Strategy
Cristiana Gigina
To gain influence in Washington, many conservative leaders in Latin America are ditching traditional diplomatic channels to play to an audience of one: U.S. President Donald Trump. This caudillo courtship, as I have termed it—where foreign politicians aim to curry favor within the MAGA ecosystem—reflects the deeply personalized nature of Trump’s approach to power. Caudillo is a Spanish word for a Latin American strongman; under a caudillo, power is highly personalized and concentrated in a
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