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By Jennifer Rubin
Opinion writer
December 3 at 11:45 AM
President Trump pulled the United States out of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), but he has no apparent substitute for containing Irans aggression. We are isolated from our European allies. Trump says he wants to pull out of the North American Free Trade Agreement, but NAFTA 2.0 is not ratified (nor is it likely to be), and in any event, it isnt dramatically different from the original. Were out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership but not out of a trade war with China ...
Trump met with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, declared the nuclear threat gone and wants to meet again. North Korea, however, has not shown it is prepared to denuclearize. Trump pulled the United States out of the Paris accord; the other world leaders are meeting in Poland to discuss steps forward without the United States. Meanwhile, the climate change problem becomes more urgent with each passing year ...
Our European and North American allies scorn and distrust Trump, revile his pullout from international agreements and his erratic trade threats, and rightly see him as unable to lead the West ...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/opinions/wp/2018/12/03/trumps-not-winning-anything-anywhere/?utm_term=.4f77c738998d
GWC58
(2,678 posts)Of course Im sure his most ardent supporters dont really care. The same folks that ALWAYS vote against their own best interests. Thats something Ill never do. 😳
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,235 posts)D23MIURG23
(2,845 posts)and the morons who voted him in don't know the difference. Scary thing is, I doubt he'll be the last republican president to do this.