The Guardian:
One of the most significant aspects of the published transcripts of Donald Trump’s conversations with his Mexican and Australian counterparts is the fact they were leaked.
Private discussions between world leaders are kept secret so they can speak their minds and establish trust. The leaks will make it harder for the US to carry out high-level diplomacy and resolve serious crises, not just under Trump but potentially far beyond his presidency.
The publication of transcripts by the Washington Post is the latest of many signs that established norms are breaking down inside the administration, with far-reaching and unpredictable implications.
Such documents should have been very closely held, accessible to only a few senior officials. Their publication reflects the intensity of the war inside the White House between rival factions – and a reminder that, for all his well-advertised toughness, the new chief of staff, John Kelly, is going to find it very hard to impose discipline on an institution that is dysfunctional from the top down.
It is quite possible that the leaker was motivated by anxiety about the national security implications of Trump’s erratic leadership – that the leak is a cry for help from inside the administration.
The transcripts of his conversations with Enrique Peña Nieto and Malcolm Turnbull show the president to be no more coherent in private than he is public: ill-informed – even about a major attack on US soil – and narcissistic to the point of absurdity....
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Trump built an empire by being all of the above. And on top of all that he became the president of the USA.
Something must be wrong!
Although many people want him impeached and thrown out of the office as soon as possible, I believe that the longer he stays (up to a point), the deeper the hole that he is digging for himself will become. And ultimately, he will resign in disgrace.
I just feel pity for those who think that Trump is Iran's savior.
There's been a gradual move toward totaliterianism in the recent years: Turkey and Venzuela are a couple that come to mind. Turkey was once regarded as the model of democracy for the moslem world....so much for that, ay?
And with the current adminsteration in the US trying to stiffle free speech among other things, the next 4 years may be a prelude to the US becoming more undemocratic as well.
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