So on Tuesday morning, Trump called Putin and congratulated him on his election victory. He did this despite his national security advisors apparently putting in big bold letters in a briefing “DO NOT CONGRATULATE!” Some are arguing that Trump simply didn’t read the briefing, which kind of tracks, seeing as I’m not entirely certain Trump knows how to read, or at the very least, he clearly doesn’t enjoy it. But the more believable and more likely scenario is Trump did it because he was explicitly told not to. He’s shown on more than one occasion that he will not be dictated to or told how to handle things. I wonder why more of the people surrounding him don’t use that to manipulate his behavior?