US EditionCommentary: Why Bending over Backwards to Agree with Donald Trump Is a Perilous Strategy
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It was happening with our absolute kings when there was no democracy; it was happening with Hitler and today with Vladimir Putin and with everyone who rules from autocracy or dictatorship: the entourage applauds, bollocks, gives him reason, exalts him and nobody dares to gossip, in case the gas chamber, the polonium or a deportation arrives.And now it is happening with Donald Trump; not in vain the movement that raises the voice in America again…
Why flattering 'Daddy' Donald Trump could be dangerous
Once again Donald Trump and his senior team are unhappy with their press coverage. Here’s the US president, fresh from his triumph in The Hague, having persuaded Nato’s leaders to open their wallets and agree to up their defence spending to 5% of GDP (apart from Spain, that is, which can expect to hear of triple-digit tariffs coming its way in the near future) – and do the media focus on Trump’s tour de force? Do they hell. Instead they focus on…
Commentary: Why bending over backwards to agree with Donald Trump is a dangerous technique
MAKING TRUMP FEEL GOOD The summit itself was mild on the kind of contentious and detailed coverage discussions which have traditionally bored and angered Trump. As a substitute, it was decreased to a sequence of photograph alternatives and speeches through which different leaders lavished reward on Trump. Lithuania’s President Gitanas Nauseda even urged the alliance ought to repeat Trump’s political motion by adopting the phrase “make NATO nice …
Why bending over backwards to agree with Donald Trump is a perilous strategy - Other News - Voices against the tide
By Andrew Gawthorpe* – The Conversation Donald Trump is a difficult figure to deal with, both for foreign leaders and figures closer to home who find themselves in his crosshairs. The US president is unpredictable, sensitive and willing to break the rules to get his way. But in Trump’s second term, a variety of different leaders and institutions seem to have settled on a way to handle him. The key, they seem to think, is flattery. The most obvio…
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