Don't worry, it gets better, now he's removed the Director of National Intelligence and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, from the National Security Council to make room for his top adviser, strategist and ex-Brietbart news editor Steve Bannon.
Reminds one about that line, "rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic". So far, the only bright light in this administration is his defence secretary.
Mattis was clearly sidelined and benched before he could testify to the House because Mattis doesn't speak the party line of alternative horse manure. I like Mattis but I don't see him staying very long in this administration. Mattis has a reputation as a no-shit kind of guy and I don't seem him responding well to being boxed in. His comments on Russia, NATO, just about everything he said goes against Trump's distorted version of reality. I dont always like sensalists viewpoints but Trump more and more seems like a 5th columnist, or as Washington States governor referred to him, "an enemy of the United States." The bright light of Mattis will likely be the light at the end of the tunnel that we heard of during the Vietnam war, visible but unobtainable.
Allies should listen to each other. I can't think of two allies that have as much in common right now as Australia and the US.
The thing is that its been picked up and made the news here in NZ as well and on the BBC so it is not doing the US any good at all. Also he's spoken of sending US troops into Mexico to sort out some "bad hombres" as he puts it. Whether it's an offer of help or a threat is open to debate. The thing is that he's alienating allies and friends left, right and centre and as Head Of State you cannot do that because you end up becoming a pariah. He's playing right into the hands of China and Russia, plus further dividing his own country.
It's getting massive circulation internationally. It appears everyone was interested in Trump having a massive falling out with an ally. Uk, Germany, Europe, Asia, South America. If you look around a few of the news sites in each country its front page stuff.
I think it's pretty obvious what he's going to do, him and Bibby have obviously had a powwow and the target is Iran, I bet by then end of this year Trump will have gone to war over nothing but his ego being stroked by that nut running Israel.
I'm not a Trump fan, but if he lifts sanctions against Russia i'll be happy, it will make my working life much easier.
I couldn't agree more. If Putin has a say however, he'll do all he can to ''protect'' Iran as it's not in the interests of Russia to have the U.S. and Iran to be in conflict. Trump's advisors will also be aware that trouble with Iran will affect Iran's ability to sustain whatever it's currently doing in Iraq and Syria; the beneficiary will be IS. But then again they might be convinced that IS in the long run will still be defeated even if Iran is forced to scale down its involvement in Iraq and Syria.
What's more he's a text book example of a narcissistic sociopath, unfortunately the clever and often charismatic sociopaths are commonly found in board rooms or as leaders of political movements. If you understand it's all about satisfying his ego, that he is never wrong, and it's always someone else's fault then he is much easier to understand. He is also not going to change his modus operandi. Good chance he will start a war. Tough time for US allies. We in Oz are probably should start taking lessons in Mandarin.
My only hope is that he is planning something akin to Operation Opera... swoop in make a point and "maybe" Iran takes it on the chin.
Viewed objectively; Iran at least has been helping to defeat IS in Iraq and Syria - something the U.S. [under Obama] grudgingly came around to accepting and something the Sunni Gulf states were extremely displeased with. Iran also - way before September 11th - has been playing a part to roll back the Talibs in Afghanistan. At a time when the U.S. refused to have anything to do with the Northern Alliance it was aid from Iran, India and Russia that kept the Northern Alliance going.
