Bullies prefer easy targets. Ones that are likely not to retaliate. I don’t really think there’s any strategy. Trump treats most people like shit. I think he just likes being “that guy.”
Trump is a man whose own wife won’t even hold his hand. That doesn’t mean people with bad marriages are bad people. But if you can’t manage diplomacy with your wife, you may struggle as the leader of the most powerful country on Earth. A post that requires tact, thoughtfulness, guile, and the ability to work with others.
It’s one thing to disagree with some business decisions. Quite another to simply insult people who are/were our allies. I honestly thought that some of the only benefit of having Trump at the wheel, was that he may actually be an asset in trade. He’s quickly proven that not only is he a terrible negotiator, but he is making things far worse.
Truth is stranger than fiction. Never in my wildest, most paranoid nightmares about Trump, would I have seen this coming. I suspected he would screw up with our enemies, and countries on the fringe. I had no idea that he would go after our closest allies.
@Yellowdog . I have to wonder how you could find any silver linings here. I sincerely hope that Trump somehow repays you for your blind/misguided support. I would think that even his biggest supporters are growing concerned about his behavior.