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This is the weakness of autocratic governments. If you can figure out how to push the buttons of the (80 year old) leader, you own the whole country.

A post argues that a key weakness of autocratic governments is that controlling the (elderly) leader means controlling the entire country, citing a report that Iran used senior psychologists to tailor messages to Trump during negotiations, which reportedly improved his reactions.

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