We don't know where Trump stands. Neither does he. - By Eugene Robinson
So much for Donald Trump, the “America First” populist champion of the forgotten working class. The president now sounds pretty much like a garden-variety globalist, defending the “rigged” system he denounced during the campaign.
Then again, who knows how he’ll sound next week? He hasn’t even been in office for three full months, and Trump may already be the most erratic president we’ve ever seen. We have no idea where he really stands because, well, neither does he.
Remember when Russia was good and President Vladimir Putin was a potential partner in fighting the Islamic State? Now Russia is bad because it continues to support Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, who killed civilians, including “beautiful babies,” with chemical weapons. Russia’s support of Assad, of course, is nothing new. But Putin, who no longer compliments Trump, kept Secretary of State Rex Tillerson cooling his heels before deigning to meet with him. Horrible!
Remember when China was bad because it “eats our lunch” in trade deals? Now, after Trump established personal chemistry with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a summit last week at Mar-a-Lago, Trump declines to repeat his long-standing allegation that China manipulates its currency. And as for the North Korea threat, which Trump once said China could easily resolve, the president now realizes it’s complicated. There’s a historical context for the relationship between China and the Koreas. Who knew?
more
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/we-dont-know-where-trump-stands-neither-does-he/2017/04/13/c999f8e2-2085-11e7-a0a7-8b2a45e3dc84_story.html?utm_term=.43e105809112&wpisrc=nl_headlines&wpmm=1
= new reply since forum marked as read
