Method to his Madness?
Does Trump have a vision, a doctrine towards which he works? (Forget the “how”, the question is about the “what”). Or does he do whatever catches his attention next, gets fixated on it, until the next thing comes along? (North Korea yesterday, trade war with China today, who knows what tomorrow). I found this article, The Trump Doctrine , by Bruno Maçães intriguing: 1) Trump’s inauguration speech was odd, he writes, because: “ It left out the core of what an elected politician in the United States would include: an appeal to the universal principles of freedom, democracy and equality guiding America in its action(s).” 2) But it may have been an indicator that Trump wants to copy whatever works elsewhere, including China’s policy of achieving economic growth by any and all means necessary. 3) He may also think of Europe as a “has-been”, a continent which in the last 3 decades, has “produced a ...