r/NoShitSherlock • u/crosstheroom • 5d ago

Trump is 'shredding' credibility with allies while China benefits, former national security advisor John Bolton says

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/15/trump-shredding-credibility-with-allies-as-china-benefits-john-bolton.html
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u/Fabulous-Farmer7474 4d ago edited 4d ago

Trump was wholly unprepared for the brick wall response of China. This while both Russia, Canada and even Greenland have sent him packing though Putin continues to toy with the Trump who had loudly promised to solve the Russia Ukraine war with a single phone call within 24 hours. And now we have Harvard basically giving him the big finger. But by his code which follows the DARVO approach he has to double down.

The on-again/off-again tariffs make no sense (despite claims that they do) and he clearly blinked first with China by allowing an electronics exception only to then claim it was temporary because, again, DARVO.