Strategist: ‘Trump has shown himself to be a master of information warfare’

Geostrategy-Direct.com Since the so-called “mainstream media” spends much of its time criticizing him, President Donald Trump has adeptly used social media to circumvent what he calls the “fake news” and communicate his policies to the masses at home and abroad. But that skill set has taken on strategic significance. “Trump has shown himself to be a master of information warfare,” said Rich Higgins, a former White House National Security Council strategic communications specialist. “Every tweet by the president triggers news reports and reaction, sometimes at the highest levels of foreign governments,” Washington Times security correspondent Bill Gertz noted in a Jan. 8 report. One of the latest firestorms Trump set…