The world braces for Trump, hoping for the best, unprepared for the worst
by Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor from US news | The Guardian on (#6TP2G)
His pick for secretary of state may have given measured assessment of world affairs, but crazy' Trump will call the shots
Western allies of the US are braced for the return of Donald Trump, still hoping for the best, but largely unprepared for what may prove to be a chaotic and disorientating worst.
The run-up to his inauguration has sent out a catherine wheel of signals as Trump turned up the volume on tariffs against Canada, China and Mexico, vowed to buy - and if not, invade - Greenland and the Panama canal, and used his leverage to press Benjamin Netanyahu to accept a Gaza ceasefire that the Israeli PM had resisted since May.
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