Zwischenzug, a chess term of German origin meaning "intermediate move," refers to a tactic in which a player, instead of responding to a threat with the expected move, makes an even bigger threat to which his opponent must respond immediately.  The idea is, through the ensuing move or moves, to counteract or negate the original threat in order to achieve a position of advantage in the end. On January 20, 2017, Donald Trump entered onto this multidimensional, international chessboard.  His political opponents at home continued to launch barrages of virtually never-ending attacks on his intelligence and mental well-being. Robert Reich argued in his article titled "Seriously, How dumb is Trump?" that Trump has a gift for conning people but beyond that is utterly stupid "in every other dimension of his being."  Bill Maher even called Trump an orangutan.   Joe Scarborough claimed that Trump is...(Read Full Post)