"Men at some time are masters of their fate," declares Cassius in William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. "The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves, that we are underlings." Cassius is making the point that they may at present be subordinate to Caesar but they can recreate their destiny.

US President Donald Trump is definitely not an underling or an inferior. If anything, he's the master of his fate. He is an impulsive extravert who deals with issues, no matter how contentious, head-on. On the Myers-Briggs System, he is an ESTP personality type: Extravert (as opposed to Introvert), Sensing (as opposed to Intuitive), Thinking (as opposed to Feeling), and Perceiving (as opposed to Judging). Joe Biden, his predecessor, was described as empathetic with strong interpersonal skills.

"Men make history and not the other way around," said Harry S Truman. Is Donald Trump here to make history? We don't know. But a lot is riding on his presidency. Ironically, some of his negative attributes can be a source of a much needed positive change in the world of international politics. "He (Mr Trump) seems unusually self-confident," writes Dr Ryne Sherman in Psychology Today, "and he shows feelings of grandiosity and entitlement." He is highly ambitious and bold. He........

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