Trump’s maximalist approach begs the question: How many times can he cry wolf?

President Donald Trump wrote about his Art of the Deal strategy in his 1987 book and has used the tactics throughout his career. But his maximalist approach as commander in chief could be reaching the point of diminishing returns, considering how often he has used it in the past year.

Tom Cochran, a Democratic strategist and former Obama State Department official, described Trump’s strategy as “textbook anchoring, not something unique to Trump but standard negotiation tactics.”

“Anchor high, so any compromise might look reasonable,” Cochran told the Washington Examiner.

But Cochran added, “Ultimately, the danger of this approach is that it stops looking like leverage and starts looking like noise, causing counterparts to walk away rather than engage.”

Sean Savett, a fellow Democratic strategist and former