Trump may be a "wheeler dealer", but he is out of his depth when it comes to international diplomacy; dealing with foreign powers, and their leaders, is way, way different than putting a piece of real estate through to escrow. In an odd way, he is reminiscent of Jimmy Carter: a President who lacked sufficient diplomatic experience to deal with the realities of foreign policy and the diplomatic baggage left by the Nixon/Ford administrations; and that was even with counsel from his advisers and the State Dept.; that said, he was able to be the conduit for the Egypt-Israel Peace Agreement, but it can be argued that was more due to his personality than any diplomatic acumen. Trump, unfortunately since he believes himself to be the final arbiter and 'smartest guy in the room', does not take counsel, is, in fact, prone to do the exact opposite of wise counsel, and, so far, is seemingly being played by China, Russia, the Arab States, etc. The truly sad part of this is not only will Trump's image suffer even more than it has, so will the image and strength of the US on the world stage...
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