Abbreviated Pundit Round-up: The risk of war increases
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Susan B Glasser/New Yorker: President Trump Is a Better Dealbreaker Than Dealmaker His blown-up North Korea summit proves it. Even before the collapse of the North Korea negotiations, it was clear that this week was not going to do much for Trump’s vaunAbbreviated Pundit Round-up: The risk of war increases
Susan B Glasser/New Yorker: President Trump Is a Better Dealbreaker Than Dealmaker His blown-up North Korea summit proves it. Even before the collapse of the North Korea negotiations, it was clear that this week was not going to do much for Trump’s vaunted self-image as a dealmaker. Not only were the prospects for the Kim meeting in doubt, there were setbacks regarding Trump’s two other top priorities: China and Iran… Sixteen months into the Trump Presidency, it is finally time to say: we really do know. There are no deals with Trump, and there are increasingly unlikely to be. Not on nafta. Not on Middle East peace. Or Obamacare or infrastructure. On tax cuts, the one big deal that did get passed, Republicans in Congress agreed to give their grandchildren’s money to American corporations and wealthy families and put it all on the nation’s credit card; Trump championed it but, by all accounts, played little role in shaping the legislation, and did nothing to build consensus with skeptical Democrats. On North Korea, Trump spontaneously (and over the fears of his advisers) agreed to meet a dictator whose family, for three generations, has made the acquisition of nuclear weapons the centerpiece of its national security; Trump’s negotiating strategy was to demand that the Kim dynasty completely give them up. How surprised are we that it didn’t work out? xOther 193 Countries Begin Insulting Mike Pence In Hopes Of Avoiding Future Meetings With Trump https://t.co/FoyxcBmr5h pic.twitter.com/KGKy8FmEDS— The Onion (@TheOnion) May 24, 2018 Read more