From: psperson@old.netcom.invalid   
      
   On Sun, 18 Jan 2026 17:25:55 -0000 (UTC), Christian Weisgerber   
    wrote:   
      
   >On 2026-01-18, Scott Dorsey  wrote:   
   >   
   >> What I find fascinating about Trump is that he has a very pre-WWI concept   
   >> of diplomacy.  He doesn't think about countries but about individual kings.   
   >> Europe doesn't work that way and it seems to really confuse him.   
   >   
   >That confusion is very much mutual.  Nobody here knows how to deal   
   >with a USA that is ruled by a capricious king.   
      
   Treat it as what it is -- a failed State which is run by petulant   
   5-year-olds.   
   --    
   "Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,   
   Who evil spoke of everyone but God,   
   Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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