The asshole is wrecking relationships and alliances that were built over generations, as the wannabe dictator kisses up to his heroes.

 

Threatening Friends and Courting Enemies in Trump’s ‘Upside-Down World’

The president’s hostility to allies like Oman, Canada and South Korea, and his affection for adversaries like North Korea, may still shock some. But it comes as little surprise after a decade of upheaval.

Once again, President Trump is threatening his country’s own partners with everything from tariffs to bombs. Once again, he is fawning over a nuclear-armed tyrant deemed to be one of the biggest dangers to U.S. security, as he reignites war in the most volatile part of the world, with no end in sight. And once again, the world is left trying to make sense of a United States that has upended the world order that it established eight decades ago.