Trump’s loyal supporters, not only those in the United States, will still believe that the president is on the road to make America again. But people who calculate coolers will come to a different conclusion in many capitals after the folding theater of the past few days: Trump has shown on the very big world stage that he has little stamina. To suspend all tariffs over ten percent for all countries except China, there are now exceptions to electronics. China will benefit from this again, which makes it even more difficult to recognize a strategy in this trade war that is based on simple calculations anyway. What will Trump wants? Become independent of China (and other export nations)? Income from tariffs for tax cuts? Or negotiate with deals? Goals are in contradiction to one another three goals from the start contradicted each other, which does not make the American position easier in the negotiations, which Trump now wants to lead with half the world at the same time, and even under high time pressure. In the past, trading talks lasted many years for a good reason, it is about difficult details. Trump’s negotiating partner now know that he reacts to downward movements in the markets and is afraid of inflation. Rarely has you seen an American president playing a lot of strong leaf so weakly. What leads to Haudraufpolitik, even at the weekend, could also be observed in the nuclear dispute with Iran. With the termination of the nuclear agreement in his first term in his first term, he was not perfect that Trump has to search for the conversation with Tehran and let compromises announce. If there is a constant at “America First”, then that America’s adversary is strengthened. See also Putin.
