President Trump has good instincts. History has proven that. But I’ve spent a career in intelligence studying how decisions get made at the highest levels of government, and the man at the top rarely acts alone. This is not hypothetical.

We have watched it happen before. Good presidents have been maneuvered into catastrophic decisions by advisors with other agendas who suffered none of the consequences. Even though the buck still stops with the president, the American people suffer (and bear the casualties), all while the architects of the policy land softly in think tanks, boardrooms, and lobbying firms.

What lies ahead depends entirely on who is truly in control of this decision.

Continue to Pray for our President.