More reactions to the Bumbler in Chief's recent dabbling in foreign policy:
How much back channel diplomacy will be variations on, "You have to understand, he's an idiot"?— Schooley (@Rschooley) December 3, 2016
Worth noting: Trump's phone call antics not only angered Chinese government but also puts Taiwan in bad spot. Trump ended up blaming them— Jeet Heer (@HeerJeet) December 4, 2016
Foreign leader to Trump: u up?— Josh Barro (@jbarro) December 3, 2016
While I agree Bumbler is the accurate description of Mango Mussolini, I'm hesitant to ascribe his actions to buffonish incompentence instead of malevolent machinations.
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I think, particularly in his ignorance of all things dealing with government/ civic life/ foreign policy, Rump's an incurious fool (see post below for that particular symptom of Narcissistic Personality Disorder). That doesn't preclude his actions also being intentionally malevolent. He's in a class by himself as far as what we've seen in the country.
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