President Trump speaks to the press before departing from the South Lawn of the White House on Thursday. From his “fire and fury” rhetoric against a nuclear-armed North Korea to an escalating trade war with China to new ultimatums aimed at Mexico, Trump has wielded threats, insults and punishments against his foreign counterparts with diminishing returns. Though he lured Kim Jong Un to the negotiating table through a “maximum pressure” campaign of economic sanctions, Trump’s historic summits with the young dictator ended in failure after talks collapsed in February. “President Trump has been extraordinarily effective at generating leverage . He pledged that, as president, he would not hesitate to pressure rivals and allies alike to win a better deal for Americans.

Source: Washington Post June 01, 2019 10:00 UTC