BTRTN: The Conscience of our King
Donald Trump had a busy month of May, playing with his newfound diplomatic toys and watching in delight as the world explodes. Plus Rudy was on the scene to help lay waste to our institutions.
http://www.borntorunthenumbers.com/2018/06/btrtn-conscience-of-our-king.html
"As emboldened as Trump has become with respect to his own defense, his attempts to reshape the world have been, depending on your perspective, even bolder or more reckless. Trump exited the Iran deal, moved our Israeli embassy to Jerusalem, and carried on a trade war with China – all in this month. In the wake of the Iran deal, Israel and Iran exchanged bombs on positions held by the other; as Javanka opened the doors of the new embassy, 58 Palestinians were being gunned down in Gaza; whatever flicker of a chance Middle East peace prospects might have had was extinguished; and talks to avoid the trade war with China fizzled as the Chinese played their hand beautifully, promising nothing painful for them, a performance so weak that Trump was forced to take Steve Mnuchin off the case and replace him with the previously-sidelined Wilbur Ross.
These are the ongoing aftershocks of policies born on the fly to score cheap political points, rather than real geo-political gains, guided by neither informed, expert inputs nor proper six-moves-ahead-chess-playing about how it all might play out. The potential for unintended consequences of Trump’s “instincts” in the coming decade is utterly terrifying..."
