# There Will Be Grift: Jeffrey Sonnenfeld Reveals Trump’s 'Mad King' Playbook

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Podcast: [The Lincoln Project](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-lincoln-project-6907025)
Published: 2026-03-31T08:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://audioboom.com/posts/8880841
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## Resource

Trump isn’t impulsive. He’s not “just winging it.” According to Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and his new book Trump's Ten Commandments: Strategic Lessons from the Trump Leadership Toolbox , Donald Trump operates on a repeatable, deliberate playbook—ten core behaviors he’s used for decades. What looks like chaos is actually strategy. What feels like a meltdown is often the move itself. In this episode, Rick Wilson and Yale Business School Professor Jeffrey Sonnenfeld break down Trump’s pattern of power: the same tactics, the same outcomes, over and over again. Once you see the playbook, you can’t unsee it. • • • • • Jeffrey Sonnenfeld is on X at @JeffSonnenfeld, and his new book, ,’ Trump's Ten Commandments: Strategic Lessons from the Trump Leadership Toolbox ,’ is available now, wherever fine books are sold. Rick Wilson is on X at @TheRickWilson, on Bluesky at @TheRickWilson.bsky.social, and you can check out Rick's Substack at therickwilson.substack.com . You can check out more of LP's work at www.lincolnproject.us and on X at @ProjectLincoln. #Trump #TrumpStrategy #JeffreySonnenfeld #TrumpPlaybook #PoliticalAnalysis #LincolnProject #RickWilson #TrumpTactics #BreakingNews #USPolitics #Election2026 #Trump2026 #MAGA #PoliticalPodcast #NewsAnalysis #CurrentEvents #TrumpChaos #PoliticalStrategy

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