Yet another example of Donald Trump playing checkers while everyone else is playing chess. A day when 10+ heads of state issue statements that they are "disappointed" in your actions does not mean that they are mad because they lost a deal they were "winning". It is the diplomatic equivalent of "Diplomacy, motherfucker. Do you speak it?" There's no renegotiating a deal with 200 parties to make it better, when you were the one that got all of the exceptions in the first place, America.
So it is today that the title of "Leader of the Free World" passes to Emmanuel Macron. Because this is what happens when the U.S. and U.K. refuse to act as global leaders -- someone else will enter the vacuum. So let's issue a warm congratulations to Macron, Angela Merkel, and Xi Jinping in becoming the new titans of global diplomatic affairs.
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So it is today that the title of "Leader of the Free World" passes to Emmanuel Macron. Because this is what happens when the U.S. and U.K. refuse to act as global leaders -- someone else will enter the vacuum. So let's issue a warm congratulations to Macron, Angela Merkel, and Xi Jinping in becoming the new titans of global diplomatic affairs.
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