When it comes to global diplomacy, America under President Trump has become something of a hapless cartoon villain, detonating bombs on itself and running into walls — while our nimbler adversaries dart away in a blur of dust. Trump thinks Kim is “sincere” in his offer to discuss denuclearization, but few colleagues share that hope. But rather than counseling MBS to choose his reform battles carefully, so that he will succeed, the White House lets him fight, Trump-style, on every front. March 8, 2018 President Trump, flanked by Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin, left, and Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, speaks during a Cabinet meeting at the White House. Like Wile E. Coyote, Trump doesn’t seem to understand why the dynamite stick keeps blowing up in his hand.

Source: Washington Post March 09, 2018 01:07 UTC