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What is the worst thing about President Trump's approach to foreign policy?

The president will sacrifice America's moral standing for a grotesque blood-for-money transaction

US President Donald Trump
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US President Donald Trump. Photo: Reuters

Thomas L Friedman | NYT
I really wrestle with this question: What is the worst thing about President Trump’s approach to foreign policy? Is it that he is utterly amoral or that he is such a chump? Because the combination is terrible — a president who is an amoral chump is the worst thing of all. He sells out American values — awful enough — but then gets nothing of value in return.

Trump presents himself as a tough, savvy deal maker, and then he lets all these leaders play him for a sucker. The word is out on the street: “Hey, guys, get in line!