ya, like him Trump is not really a statesman. Deep inside, he lacks the confidence to assume the responsibility of the job he's managed to stumble ass backwards into. So I suspect he'd be quite happy to do a Kaiser Bill and throw his hands up at some point and say 'not my idea'.

Czar Nicholas was of a similar ilk. Couldn't be bothered to understand the ramifications of mobilizing the Russian Army, so instead decided WWI was 'god's will'.