One week in office and our Schoolyard Bully-in-Chief is at war with two countries. What's next?

What you speak of is called a pattern. There’s no reason to believe that his behavior won’t continue…

He also is at war with the press and his /US intelligence agencies. And anyone who doesn’t agree with him….

There will be American boots on the ground in mass in Syria by Xmas.

It just gets deeper and deeper, doesn’t it???

My dad (a retired economics guy) and I were chatting about this last night. We’re both watching China’s continued economic cozying up with Central and South America with great interest. China’s already got much of Africa onside, economically. Lots of natural resource holders are more connected to China every day. They know how to play the long game.

What’s next? Probably conscription.

Hey! Don’t forget the North Korean Hair Trigger.
Kim Jong-Unstable has a worthy hair style too.

I think we’ll have Egypt Saudia Arabia, and most of the middle east pissed off in a matter of weeks.

We have fallen down the rabbit hole. Normal rules do not apply. Who knows what will come next.

“So she was considering in her own mind (as well as she could, for the hot day made her feel very sleepy and stupid), whether the pleasure of making a daisy-chain would be worth the trouble of getting up and picking the daisies, when suddenly a White Rabbit with pink eyes ran close by her.

…Burning with curiosity, she ran across the field after it, and fortunately was just in time to see it pop down a large rabbit-hole under the hedge. In another moment down went Alice after it, never once considering how in the world she was to get out again.”

Lewis Carroll

You mention “Schoolyard-Bully-in-Chief” in the title but then talk about Trump’s foreign policy, I thought you were going to speak on Dennis Rodmann or some real bullies, a bait and switch no doubt.

I only meant that Trump is using bullyboy tactics in his international dealings.

Don’t forget the educated, financially stable, Syrian professionals seeking asylum from the terror in their country. They certainly will not forget that the US slammed its doors in their faces.

The Mexican people are watching this closely. They have already started to reduce their consumption of US corn. In 2016 Mexico was the largest importer of US corn – 14 million tons. This will not bode well for US corn farmers now.
I predict the US will only export 7 million tons to Mexico in 2017. At $150 per ton that is about a billion dollars lost! (This is a totally unscientific estimate. Does anyone want to bet a coffee on it?)
Americans will have to start eating tortillas with their eggs. McD will start selling corn burgers. Ethanol will be cheaper than gasoline.

At war with Mexico, China, our intelligence agencies, the press, Rep. John Lewis, Alec Baldwin, reality….

And we’re only a week in. Brace yourself folks, it’s gonna be a long few years.

China is one of Australia’s major trading partners. Now Trump has ditched US involvement in the TPP, there is talk Australia should invite China to participate with our current Asian neighbours. I have no idea how likely this is, but it’s not beyond belief that it could happen.

I would also like our piss-weak government to make it clear to the current US government that while we remain their allies, they should not assume we will support any military conflicts they engineer.

I already know that my thoughts on this matter will be met with scorn so I will merely bookmark this page and will revisit every 6 months to see just how clairvoyant my fellow Jellies are.

War? I heard nothing about any wars in progress. You must be exaggerating.

I think there is still a bunch more countries out there for him to irritate and we are just getting to week two. Next on the list, England. Lets see, at 195 other countries in the world, discounting his good buddy Putins Russia, that makes 194 at two countries per week he should be able to totally isolate the US by Nov 7, 2018.

‘course, not everyone gets the Trump Treatment. Like I saw earlier, In order to “Make America Great Again” Trump is allowing a Canadian Oil Company to build a Pipeline across the United States in order for them to be able to sell more oil to China.

@Earthbound_Misfit

Supporting each other militarily is the entire point of being allies. We can’t say we’ll remain allies then turn our backs to them in times of war. That’s not how it works. Plus they’ve certainly supported the military conflicts we’ve engineered.

@Darth_Algar Respectfully I would disagree. IMO we have our Allies first and foremost as trading partners with the expressed agreement to assist in the defense of said Ally if and when shit hits the fan. I will use WWII as an example. France and England were up to their ass in alligators fending off the Nazi uprising and repeatedly said “hello…can we have some help here.?” The US waited until the last absolute possible minute to jump into the fray when we realized just how close to the brink Europe had become. This was done to prevent the collapse of our trading partners in Europe. A self serving move more so than a noble do the right thing move many prefer to believe. Nothing has changed from that dynamic since then and it is beyond short sighted to think otherwise and Trump will only continue that tradition starting tomorrow. It is let’s make a deal time that benefits each country we partner with.

Being allies under the ANZUS treaty does not require Australia to support the nutjob actions of a newly elected US dictator. It requires us to ‘consult’ on a common danger. If US actions go against OUR values, we are under no obligation to just follow behind your country and become involved in military action. Even if the situation occurs in the Pacific region, there’s no hard and fast requirement that we participate in military action. The treaty allows for parties to provide support other than military support. If we had an agreed common danger, the likelihood is we would support the US, however, there is no legal requirement for us to participate in military action in Syria, Iraq, Iran, etc.

The wording of any alliance dictates whether two allies are required to provide military support and under which conditions such a requirement would apply. Historically, Australia has joined the US in military action. Hence my comment about our current government needing to make it clear that such support is not guaranteed.

What’s next?
Aneurisms for those obsessed with him?

Thanks to all except…:D