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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/KhorseWaz on 2025-03-22 18:38:38+00:00.

Original Title: TIL of the madman theory, a political theory commonly associated with the foreign policy of U.S. president Richard Nixon and his administration, who tried to make the leaders of hostile communist bloc countries think Nixon was irrational and volatile so that they would avoid provoking the U.S