08-03-2016, 11:57 PM
In footy parlance, it's great to be unpredictable to opponents but you've got to be predictable to your team mates. Paul Mannafort is well-placed to run messages between Trump and Putin but everyone else will be nervous. And nervous nations sometimes jump at shadows.
I think we've all seen how Trump will react to real or perceived slights from overseas. He will escalate and refuse to back down. Just as his current campaign team are incapable of making Trump pull his horns in, his diplomats will be reduced to mere spectators. If I were serving on a US aircraft carrier at the moment, I'd be taking as much leave as I could get in case Trump wins. Trump will be sending the carriers all over the place like pinballs.
I think we've all seen how Trump will react to real or perceived slights from overseas. He will escalate and refuse to back down. Just as his current campaign team are incapable of making Trump pull his horns in, his diplomats will be reduced to mere spectators. If I were serving on a US aircraft carrier at the moment, I'd be taking as much leave as I could get in case Trump wins. Trump will be sending the carriers all over the place like pinballs.