Foreign diplomats laughing but no closer to figuring him out
Christopher Woody
... "He's the opposite of Teddy Roosevelt" ... "He speaks loudly and carries a small stick" ...
“Everyone I’ve spoken to around the world is laughing,” <Jorge Guajardo, one of Mexico's most senior diplomats> told McClatchy ...
"Nobody can tell us on Russia what the American policy is, on Syria what the American policy is, on China what the American policy is," one ambassador told The Post in April. "I'm not sure there is a policy. They will listen to me and tell me, 'We will get back to you when there is a policy'" ...
"Americans and foreigners alike are trying to figure out what this new ideological strain consists of and where it's headed," Tom Malinowski, who was assistance secretary of state under President Obama, told the BBC in June. "You have to make adjustments. And you just batten down the hatches and hope things change sooner rather than later."
http://www.businessinsider.com/foreign-diplomats-laugh-at-trump-but-are-no-closer-to-figuring-him-out-2017-8
