Trump does not think strategically, historically, geographically, or even rationally. He does not connect actions he takes on one day to events that occur weeks later. Allied leaders know that if they help him in the Gulf, he won't be grateful, or even remember www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Everyone but Trump Understands...
Everyone but Trump Understands What He’s Done

Allied leaders know that any positive gesture they make will count for nothing.

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@anneapplebaum.bsky.social @koen_hufkens Trump is a moron with way too much power!
@moossy1 All the power he has is granted to him by others, who actively maintain it for him, and maintain him personally. He's demented and decrepit and in terrible health. If he was turned out on the street, he'd be dead within days. So even his very survival day to day is granted to him by those who wish to gain from his influence. It's an extremely ugly scene.