Edward Luce: Donald Trump’s state of mind is global risk

Edward Luce/Financial Times: For all the talk of Trump as a madman, my colleague’s Taco rule (Trump always chickens out) generally holds. He can reasonably be described as a bully and a narcissist. But he backs off when he is outgunned. Taco only works, however, when Trump knows what is at risk. Whether foreign or American, people who tell him what he wants to hear, not what he needs to know, are playing a dangerous game. The road to Trumpian recklessness is paved with flattery…