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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFor some foreign diplomats, the Trump White House is a troubling enigma
By Karen DeYoung, and and Greg Jaffe October 9 at 1:53 PM
After nearly nine months of the Trump administration, many of Americas closest allies have concluded a hoped-for learning curve they believed would make President Trump a reliable partner is not going to happen.
The idea that he would inform himself, and things would change, that is no longer operative, said a top diplomat here.
Instead, they see an administration in which lines of authority and decision-making are unclear, where tweets become policy, and hard-won international accords on trade and climate are discarded. The result has been a special kind of challenge for those whose jobs is to advocate here for their countries and explain the president and his unconventional ways at home.
Senior diplomats and officials from nearly a dozen countries in Europe, Latin America and Asia expressed a remarkable coincidence of views in interviews over the last several weeks. Asked to describe their thoughts about and relations with the president and his team as the end of Trumps first year approaches, many described a whirlwind journey, beginning with tentative optimism, followed by alarm, and finally reaching acceptance the situation is unlikely to improve.
We have to adjust to this, said a second diplomat from a different continent.
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Irish_Dem
(45,616 posts)DFW
(54,047 posts)They all know we still have the brawn, we've just abandoned the brains that used to go with it.
Irish_Dem
(45,616 posts)America seems to be running on autopilot for the moment, and no ship or airplane can do that forever.
Irish_Dem
(45,616 posts)WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)Jeffrey Dahmer had "unconventional ways" of dining.
Solly Mack
(90,740 posts)kimbutgar
(20,871 posts)She said you had a smart man and now you have an idiot grifter. I told her our media propped up twitler because it gave them big ratings. This was before I found out Russian hacked the election results.