The 4-D chess master

Trump's 4-D chess skills seem a bit rusty.

1.) The President waited until the 6,000-page, bipartisan omnibus bill -- negotiated by his own Treasury secretary -- was complete before criticizing the part about $600 COVID relief payments, saying it needed to be $2000.

2.) He spent a week throwing a fit, then finally signed the bill as-is. [Source]

3.) House Democrats agreed with the president and immediately passed a bill for $2000 relief payments. [Source]

4.) This put Senate Republicans -- the ones who will still be around in a month -- in the position of refusing more generous COVID relief to the American public. With Republicans now playing the stingy ones (after having cut taxes for the rich in 2017), Georgia's two Senate seats -- and control of the Senate -- are still open. 5.) The House also overrode his veto of the defense bill -- the one that passed with a veto-proof majority in the first place. [Source]

I remember when, early in his term, Trump was touted for his "4-D" chess against the media. [Source]

His post-election maneuvers don't show same quality of play.