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Reading Trump

Thanks to Trump, the world is now an interesting place, no matter which side you take. Politicians, economists, activists, corporate institutions, US citizens and to a varying extent citizens of the world have a new animal to deal with at a time when there was no shortage of disruptive activity across the globe. One thing that does stand out is the speed of his action both with his twitter handle and executive orders to fulfil the promises he made to his core constituencies, a benchmark that many politicians may cringe when going back to their voters. The lead time to action a promise has just been crashed, thanks to a man who made millions itching to say “You are fired” to hapless apprentices; Sally Yates acting AG became the first victim in his new role as US President. American President for American People Fundamentally, this narrow definition works at a time when US foreign affairs position be it in Middle East, Russia, China, Asia, UK and the Europe is ...