Trump v. Trump admin on foreign policy

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Source: axios





Lazaro Gamio / Axios

President Trump's public order to Secretary of State Tillerson to stop seeking dialogue with North Korea — just a day after Tillerson confirmed talks were taking place — follows a pattern noted by Tony Blinken, a top State Dept. official under Barack Obama, in a NY Times op-ed one month ago.
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"Secretary of State Rex Tillerson seeks to calm the crisis between Saudi Arabia and Qatar; Mr. Trump's tweets............................

"Mr. Tillerson, National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster, Mr. Mattis and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., advocate preserving the nuclear agreement with Iran; Mr. Trump scolds, 'If it was up to me, I would have had them noncompliant 180 days ago.'

"Mr. Trump calls for banning transgender people from the military; an array of senior Pentagon officials, including General Dunford, say the policy remains unchanged. When Mr. Trump finally issues a formal order weeks later, Mr. Mattis says it will require further study to implement.
"Mr. Pence, in the Baltics, praises tough .........................

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[Mr.Bill]

1. How can anyone be expected to take Trump seriously?

He lies or contradicts himself to the point that one cannot tell if he is a pathological liar or has dementia, or both. There is absolutely no point in even paying attention to what he is saying.

And the media continues to cover him and what he says as if he was Moses.