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Trump Said He Would Tame Rogue Nations. Now They Are Challenging Him.

Mr. Trump’s problems with all three countries reveal a common pattern: taking an aggressive, maximalist position without a clear plan to carry it through, followed by a fundamental lack of consensus in the administration about whether the United States should be more interventionist or less.
The president’s own views are hardly set in stone. White House officials say this keeps enemies off balance, but it has the same effect among allies and within his administration.
As the policies on North Korea, Iran and Venezuela have failed to produce the outcomes he wants, Mr. Trump could end up blaming Mr. Bolton and Mr. Pompeo — both hawks who advocate aggressive postures that have less appeal to the president.
 
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Trump Said He Would Tame Rogue Nations. Now They Are Challenging Him.

Mr. Trump’s problems with all three countries reveal a common pattern: taking an aggressive, maximalist position without a clear plan to carry it through, followed by a fundamental lack of consensus in the administration about whether the United States should be more interventionist or less.
The president’s own views are hardly set in stone. White House officials say this keeps enemies off balance, but it has the same effect among allies and within his administration.
As the policies on North Korea, Iran and Venezuela have failed to produce the outcomes he wants, Mr. Trump could end up blaming Mr. Bolton and Mr. Pompeo — both hawks who advocate aggressive postures that have less appeal to the president.
Trump has gone out on a limb that Pyongyang definitely won't renew missile testing but now that it appears that they have... his response appears to be to just ignore it and continue to publicly flatter Kim Jong Un. I suspect you are right and he will just scapegoat Pompeo when kissing Kim's butt is no longer tenable.
 
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Not sure if there's a thread about this but it's going to become a bigger political issue. Look what China is doing.

 

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