Let's be honest, Trump's foreign hosts may be taking unusual steps to accommodate his child-like attention span and culinary tastes, but they will also be probing for weakness and advantage. Trump's team have been struggling to brief him on the many complexities he will face in meetings, but Trump is essentially unbriefable. He lacks the interest and attention span, but worse he puts total faith in his instincts and innate infallibility. Look at his past statements: "My IQ is one of the highest", on foreign policy advisors - "I’m speaking with myself … I have a very good brain.”, on mid-east peace - “It is something that I think is frankly, maybe, not as difficult as people have thought over the years.”

Trump must project an air of extreme confidence, but it's backed up with nothing. People he will be meeting with know this. His hosts will flatter him, Trump will believe they really mean it, and then some very unequal discussions will take place. I pity his minders.