“Well, he’s two-faced,” Trump responded Wednesday when asked about the comment during a meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. But it revealed a visible shift in how America’s allies deal with Trump. Leaders have gone from flattering Trump, to trying to accommodate him, to tolerating him, to trying to ignore him. The prime minister’s conservative allies worried Trump’s embrace could damage Johnson ahead of crucial parliamentary elections next week. Macron, once a prime flatterer of Trump, was unwilling to back down or play a willing prop when the two met Tuesday, hours after Trump had publicly attacked him.

Source: Los Angeles Times December 04, 2019 18:40 UTC