Because Trump and his team are very smart, most are billionaires.
I'm not sure what Trump "ploys" haven't worked out, especially regarding Israel?
I'm betting "Resort Gaza" is the first. That one struck me as dumb.
Maybe Trump is just trying to lower the temperature with Russia to get a peace deal?
Putin would need to swallow hard to let Ukraine keep its independence.
What does "smart" mean?
Imagine a sport, say soccer, football etc. You have some of the best players, they're "smart". I follow soccer, so I'm going to give an example.
Wayne Rooney, he was one of the best players of his generation. He could read the game better than a lot of other players.
He became a coach in charge of some pretty big teams, and he failed everywhere he went, including DC United.
Why? If he's "smart"?
Because there are different types of "smart".
And anyway, Trump isn't dumb, but he's also not smart. He's a bully, and he could get away with a lot of things because he had a lot of money, and a lot of people relied on his money to live their lives. If you have billions, you can afford to lose, you can send lawyers to bully people, you can all these things the other people couldn't afford to do.
That's not "smart", unless you think bulls in china shops are smart.
And now he's attempting to use the same bullyboy tactics, only everyone can see what he's doing. He can't hide this and that, pretend it didn't happen.
Look at that shit when he said he didn't remember calling Zelensky a dictators. He's doing what he's always done, but now everyone's got a record of everything he's said and can see he's a scammer, a fraudster, a cheat, a liar and more.