I’m getting used to this. I write something and the next day it is obsolete. In this case, I was complaining about how it is impossible for anybody to make long term plans when the president has the attention span of a goldfish. He’s decided to postpone the new EU tariffs until July. Going back to his not-original-but-second plan. It seems that von der Leyen talked some sense into him.
It draws me back to looking at his other adventures in foreign affairs. The war in Ukraine continues, with Russia targeting civilians in drone attacks. It is seeping into the mind of our wannabe Nobel prize winner that Putin is taking him for a ride.
Then there’s been a change of approach towards Syria since his visit to the gulf states. With these states having essentially infinite petrodollars for bribes, he has turned away from his previous solid support for Bibi and his perpetual war. Will this affect his crusade against “antisemitism” that his government is using to silence its critics? Possible, but it’s so useful they’ll likely keep going. Consistency is for betas.
The problem is that the USAians congratulate themselves on having a strong and decisive leader, but he keeps getting pushed around by everybody. At some point, the rest of the world will simply ignore the USA rather than waste time. This will come as a surprise to the USAians and I don’t think they’ll like it.