What happens when a president has zero credibility?I’ll be honest. I’m of two minds on t
What happens when a president has zero credibility?I’ll be honest. I’m of two minds on this Syria withdrawal that Trump impulsively announced on twitter yesterday. It’s clearly a wag-the-dog moment for him but I have to admit that if a president is going to us such self-serving tactics (he isn’t the first) I prefer such moves to be the withdrawal of troops rather than escalation. And if the president were a normal thoughtful person who understands the issues, reads all the briefing papers, has a good handle on all the geopolitical implications of his decisions, I wouldn’t object to him going against the conventional wisdom of his party and the military. Their bias in favor of military options needs a counterpoint more often than not.But I think we all know that Trump is not that person. We don’t know exactly why he’s made this decision but it’s fair to say that if it turns out have been a good one, it’s a total accident. And there’s some good evidence that it’s based on something that will actually end up blowing back on the country and the world in unpredictable ways. -- source link