Columnist
There are few better examples of the terminal confusion gripping the Trump administration than the competing headlines published by The Post and the New York Times last Wednesday. The Post: “Trump instructs military to begin planning for withdrawal from Syria.” The Times: “Trump Drops Push for Immediate Withdrawal of Troops From Syria.”
Both headline writers were trying in good faith to decipher the undecipherable — the intentions of our mercurial president, which can change as rapidly as the weather in Rapid City, S.D . Syrian President Bashar al-Assad may have believed that President Trump was really pulling out and thus felt free to apparently use chemical weapons against the city of Douma this past Saturday. But after years spent criticizing President Barack Obama for sacrificing surprise in military strikes, Trump announced that U.S. missiles — “nice and new and ‘smart!’ ” — would soon be striking Syria.
If “Animal Assad,” as the president likes to call him, can’t figure out Trump, he is hardly alone. It is not just that Trump changes his mind often, although he does. It is also that when he speaks his mind, it is often impossible to figure out what he’s saying. Here is Trump speaking last week: “Nobody’s been tougher on Russia than I have. . . . And with that being said, I think I could have a very good relationship with President Putin. . . . Getting along with Russia is a good thing. . . . So I think I could have a very good relationship with Russia and with President Putin. And if I did, that would be a great thing. And there’s also a possibility that that won’t happen. Who knows? Okay?” Who knows, indeed. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trump-is-making-less-sense-than-ever/2018/04/11/a95a4b20-3db4-11e8-8d53-eba0ed2371cc_story.html?__twitter_impression=true&__twitter_impression=true&__twitter_impression=true&noredirect=on&utm_term=.a69d46053a3c
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