Author Topic: Mike Pence, Jim Mattis scramble to manage fallout from Trump's global diplomacy crapshoot  (Read 370 times)

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Offline Weird Tolkienish Figure

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Washington: In the wake of Donald Trump's caustic utterances about traditional US allies and the forums in which they have worked to shape the global order, American credibility is on the line – because foreign capitals are not sure they can believe the assurances to the contrary from Trump's emissaries.


http://www.smh.com.au/world/mike-pence-jim-mattis-scramble-to-manage-fallout-from-trumps-global-diplomacy-crapshoot-20170221-guhjsu.html


I guess this is their new role, cleaning up after Trump.

Offline endicom

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I guess this is their new role, cleaning up after Trump.


I'd bet that a lot of Europeans are pleased to hear Trump's words.