Hi Doc Sarvis:
When JFK was POTUS, he occasionally called Ike and HST for advice on foreign policy issues and spoke with his rival Richard Nixon, as well.
In 1961, JFK asked a man with 52 years military experience-- most of it in the Pacific Theater-- for advice on Vietnam.
Retired five-star US Army General Douglas MacArthur told JFK to make Japan, Formosa, and the Philippines his "red lines," not Vietnam, and to focus on "domestic issues" instead. That may have meant civil rights or the economy.
When LBJ was getting overwhelmed with the Vietnam issue, he called HST, who advised him: "When the enemy hits you, hit'em back twice as hard!" But HST's Korean War experience was a far cry from the jungle and urban insurgency being fought against the deeply unpopular Diem regime in Vietnam (which "Mac" recognized as well). Nevertheless, LBJ called out for advice.
So, who would Dummkopf Trumpf call for advice?
Vladimir Putin? Benjamin Netanyahu?
Trumpf also purged the National Security Council, DOD, CIA, DIA, FBI, and NSA, losing sharp people.
It's much easier to lie about what you've accomplished than to actually accomplish anything.
Bugsy knew that long before he even met Trump.