From Australia: "Trump is the Mad King: volatile, vainglorious, and untrustworthy".

[Elwood P Dowd]

Story headline: PM's approach vindicated by Trump's madness
Analysis

http://www.smh.com.au/

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The corollary point is that Trump is the Mad King: volatile, vainglorious, and untrustworthy. Turnbull is right to handle him with kid gloves.

Australian government sources confirm the Washington Post's story is substantially correct. Trump was angry, did describe the Obama deal as the worst he'd seen, and did treat the Australian leader with contempt. He allegedly hung up after 25 minutes in, having yelled and jumped chaotically from point to point.

The pre-eminent danger now is not to the deal, but the risk of damage to the US-Australian relationship.
Trump is now gainsaying his own commitments, given just days before via Twitter. This is an extraordinary situation and one that is almost impossible to manage. 

World leaders be warned: Trump's conversations are not private and his word, unreliable.

[justiceischeap]

1. This line is telling:

World leaders be warned: Trump's conversations are not private and his word, unreliable.

[Sucha NastyWoman]

24. Then why would you even bother talking to him

We are going to be all alone in the world with this guy pretty soon

[joshdawg]

25. Yep, when drumf says America First, he means America Only and everyone else

can go to hell or as his "daughter" puts it, "Let'em eat cake."

[AlexSFCA]

2. embarassment

This is the definition of temperamentally unfit.

[thinkingagain]

3. How do we

write the world apologizing for him
and let them know that the majority of Americans do not stand behind him or feel the same as him?

[Warpy]

14. WE don't. We didn't cause this mess, it's not our fault, and we certainly aren't the ones

responsible for correcting any of it.

We know he's an overgrown toddler. The rest of the world will learn it very, very quickly. We can only work one on one, maybe if we travel, reminding people that the American voters quite rightly defeated him but that he was rigged into office by a bunch of partisan electors who were supposed to prevent such disasters but who failed to do their jobs.

Otherwise, our job, our only job, is to survive this bullshit until some time as people across Dixie and in the Rust Belt wake the fuck up.

I sincerely doubt this madman will last his full four years without having someone medicate him heavily in order to control his behavior.

Remember, other countries have had their madmen and survived them. It's just our turn now.

So breathe. Drink enough water. And buy popcorn.

[ProudLib72]

4. Is anyone in the WH

capable of speaking over phone on his behalf?

Just saying, out of all those lunatics you would think someone would be able to do a better job. Is he truly the most 'diplomatic'?

[Stonepounder]

22. You don't understand, this is exactly what Bannon wants.

[dalton99a]

5. Australia to World: Beware the crazy asshole in the White House.

[Cha]

9. Copy that.

[AgadorSparticus]

6. He needs to be impeached NOW!!!

[triron]

11. I doubt it will happen.

Congress is complicit with his insanity.
The US media is largely complicit in his madness.
What alternatives do we have?

[AgadorSparticus]

17. I know it probably won't happen. It looks like the Republicans are good with letting the country go

As usual, they can't see what is down the road for them too. Or maybe they do and just don't care as long as they get their fix on greed and power.

[Hekate]

7. KnR

[Cha]

8. Yay Australia.. Thank you for calling our Idiot out!

[sarcasmo]

10. I fear the longer 45 stays in power, the closer we are to the end of this country.

[triron]

13. yep and I don't

think it is very long at all.

[sarcasmo]

15. Agreed.

[uppityperson]

12. Here's the direct link, thanks for the article

http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-opinion/malcolm-turnbulls-approach-vindicated-by-president-donald-trumps-madness-20170202-gu3yjp.html

[CousinIT]

18. Proper link:

http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-opinion/malcolm-turnbulls-approach-vindicated-by-president-donald-trumps-madness-20170202-gu3yjp.html

In Europe, he's called "The Madman Across The Pond"

[burrowowl]

19. Mad! the

whole REPUK and CORPORATION cabal!

[TheBlackAdder]

20. Wait! I thought the Iran Nuclear deal was the worst deal Trump's ever seen.

[Rex]

21. Sounds exaclty like what a stupid person would do that gets flustered easily.

"He allegedly hung up after 25 minutes in, having yelled and jumped chaotically from point to point."

Trump is a very very stupid little man with a huge mouth and tiny tiny hands. He is a man-baby-pig.

[elmac]

23. I think Australia has a conservative government

but are far from fascist like our government.

[ananda]

26. Dear Australia,

Most of us do not approve that mad bull's message.

I am so sorry that you had to face the bully, but
maybe you'll come out of it better than we will
because we are totally screwed,

[denbot]

27. We are fucked.

Putin wins..