From Australia: "Trump is the Mad King: volatile, vainglorious, and untrustworthy". [View all]

[Elwood P Dowd]

Story headline: PM's approach vindicated by Trump's madness
Analysis

http://www.smh.com.au/

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The corollary point is that Trump is the Mad King: volatile, vainglorious, and untrustworthy. Turnbull is right to handle him with kid gloves.

Australian government sources confirm the Washington Post's story is substantially correct. Trump was angry, did describe the Obama deal as the worst he'd seen, and did treat the Australian leader with contempt. He allegedly hung up after 25 minutes in, having yelled and jumped chaotically from point to point.

The pre-eminent danger now is not to the deal, but the risk of damage to the US-Australian relationship.
Trump is now gainsaying his own commitments, given just days before via Twitter. This is an extraordinary situation and one that is almost impossible to manage. 

World leaders be warned: Trump's conversations are not private and his word, unreliable.