Análise do impacto do estilo de liderança do presidente Donald Trump na política externa de Washington para Pyongyang

Abstract

Is it possible to extract personal characteristics of President Donald Trump by analyzing the content of his interviews? From these personal characteristics can sketch a leadership style and know his influence in the decision-making process? Objectives: This research examines the personal characteristics and influence of Donald Trump's leadership style in the decision-making process in the foreign policy of the United States of America. Method: The president's personal characteristics and leadership style will be studied from the perspective of the leadership traits analysis model suggested by Hermann (2005a; 2005b; 2005c). 155 spontaneous responses to interviews distributed in four years of the presidential term were encrypted and checked using the ProfilesPlus - LTA Classic software, extracting the leader scores in seven traits (belief in ability to control events, need for power, distrust, self-confidence, conceptual complexity, in group bias and task orientation) that, systematized according to the leadership traits analysis model, answer three central questions of the leadership style: does the leader respect or challenge restrictions?; is the leader open or closed to contextual information?; what are the motivations of the leader? Results: Based on the framework about the leadership style, the research follows in assessing the impact of this style and its characteristics in the decision-making process within a case study of Washington's foreign policy towards Pyongyang. Donald Trump had distinctive traits in “need for power and in group bias”, and an opportunistic leadership style.