So, after 100 days of Donald Trump the massive query for me stays – does the US president have a coherent overseas coverage or is he simply winging it?
Let’s take his perspective to the warfare in Ukraine – right here “inconsistent” is maybe the most effective description.
Again in February, he and vp JD Vance humiliated Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy by shouting at him within the Oval Workplace.
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US President Donald Trump. Pic: AP
A number of days later, I spoke to Mr Zelenskyy in particular person when he confided to me that perhaps he must step down if NATO might assure Ukraine membership – a person who maybe sensed he might by no means win in opposition to a hostile Mr Trump.
But, fast-forward to final weekend in Rome, and an iconic image of the 2 males in shut dialog on the Pope’s funeral.
This time spherical, it’s Russian President Vladimir Putin on the receiving finish of the presidential anger, blaming him for the truth that “too many people are dying!”
To Trump’s supporters, that is the good negotiator, continuously repositioning himself as new info is available in, previous to pulling off a spectacular deal.
To his many detractors, it signifies a harmful incoherence that’s replicated in different key areas, together with tariffs in addition to his relationship together with his allies in Europe and his foes in Beijing.
Versatile or fallible; in management or all at sea? Within the quick and livid world of Donald Trump, it is nearly inconceivable to name.
The one constants are his unwavering self-belief, or as the person himself says: “I aim very high, and then I just keep pushing and pushing and pushing to get what I’m after.”
We will see.
