Spinning in Circles

A ball of fire, a born dealmaker, transactional by nature, in the blink of an eye – like a nerve twitched – he’d go from flattery to threats.

Of course, ‘he’ was Donald Trump – back in the days when he was building skyscrapers up in the New York.

After he became president he missed he’d landed in a different world.

Putting the squeeze on Canada, Britain, Germany, friends and allies, making deals he got tariffs; he threatened allies to get them to give him Greenland; gas prices shot up, he called on allies to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz – and got a surprise:

They told him no.

He called Keir Starmer ‘stupid,’ insulted Emmanuel Macron.

So what went wrong?

Alliances rest on trust.

Threats, boasts, deals that left our allies weaker, eroded trust.

So we’ve got a war on our hands – and alliances breaking apart.

He bashed Iran, praised Iran, threatened Iran – to make a deal to end the war. No deal was made. A nerve twitched, he blockaded the Strait of Hormuz.

It was like spinning in a circle and ending up in the same place.