Jim Sciutto discusses his book The Madman Theory: Trump Takes On the World.

Published: Aug. 13, 2020, 10:05 p.m.

b'Richard Nixon tried it first. Hoping to make communist bloc countries uneasy and thus unstable, Nixon let them think he was just crazy enough to nuke them. He called this the madman theory. Nearly half a century later, President Trump has employed his own madman theory, sometimes intentionally and sometimes not. Through interviews with current and former Trump administration officials, CNN chief national security correspondent Jim Sciutto\\u2019s book \\u201cThe Madman Theory: Trump Takes On the World\\u201d is the first comprehensive portrait of the impact of the President\\u2019s erratic foreign policy as told from the inside. Join us for a look at Donald Trump\\u2019s legacy around the globe in this installment of Leonard Lopate at Large on WBAI.'