How do you deal with Trump? Very carefully
Donald Trump has changed the way the world is conducted, and major world leaders are battling to work out what shock comes next
09 July 2020 - 12:24
Brussels/Ottawa/Berlin — After Donald Trump became president, some of the US’s oldest allies believed they could anticipate his next move. The billionaire’s approach was unorthodox for sure, but there was a certain logic.
Many realise now that their thinking was not only misguided, but that they don’t have much power to influence him. There is also a growing dread that the embattled leader will stop at little in a brutal fight to get re-elected come November. Polls show him badly trailing his Democrat rival Joe Biden...
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