“Trump operates thinking about himself and his popularity, nothing else,” Esteban Ilades, a columnist with Milenio, wrote on Twitter. “The problem of engaging with an irrational actor, like the president of the United States, is that no situation is favorable. If you surrender to his demands, you lose. If you keep quiet, you lose. And if you respond, you run the risk that he will raise the level of threats.”

Source: Los Angeles Times June 01, 2019 22:52 UTC