Azor...I keep going back to the idea in FP called "creditability" ...... in order to do anything a nation state must be viewed as capable of holding to what it says and or does....
Right now Trump might be the "greatest" when he is cheered in front of his own voters...notice he never holds a rally including those that voted against him....
BUT when his speech and or his actions are over..then begins the dissection of what he said and or did by overseas viewers...
And believe me they can see "through" his actions and then they as a population begin to wonder...why support the US when the "so called leader of the world" is in fact a narcissistic crazy.....and when you hear a Berlin morning radio show making jokes out of his public statements then you what the common German on the street thinks....
So when the US needs a true set of partners where will they be when those nation state leaders with their own populations see that US leader as a "crazy" and one to not be followed...
Perfect example....Trump interview with AP states that the SK government will naturally "pay 1B USDs" for the THADD he is sending them...sound like his statements that NATO must somehow pay a cash deposit in the US Federal Bank before he will lift a finger does it not?
And they definitely notice when he lies as he did again on the sheer numbers of people wanting to see/hear him...
So if he asks for NATO troops say in Syria to "eradicate IS from this earth"...what do you think their response will be?Trump says "we have a lot of ppl standing outside" and he "broke the all time record" in this arena.
BUT there are rows of empty seats here?
Notice on their own NATO is discussing rising troops levels in AFG and Trump never asked them..they see the degrading of current conditions and act....BUT it is Trump that keeps saying to his voters..NATO must step up and fight terrorism????
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