Crisis Of His Own Making, Part 2

As if Trump’s border difficulties aren’t enough of bad PR, he is doubling down on Chinese tariffs in another public relations and economic blunder. As noted yesterday, the Trump Administration will long serve as case studies in maladroit public relations and governance. Both his critics and his supporters are left wondering from day to day what new outrage will be effected or announced. Understanding the scope of the damage to allies and the country will take time and will be the province of historians in years to come. Meanwhile, American citizens are helpless but for the ballot box, but that is months and years away. We will learn in time how resilient the economy and international relations are, but for now they are taking daily blows. It shouldn’t be this way, but it is.