Trump’s Iran Reversal Raises Allies’ Doubts Over His Tactics, and U.S. Power
2019-06-24 09:38:26 source：New York Times
June 23, 2019
BERLIN — Some framed it as another empty threat from a leader whose bark is consistently worse than his bite. Some saw a method to the perceived madness — a potentially shrewd act of brinkmanship.
And others considered it simply the latest act of an America that, long before President Trump, has often oscillated from isolation to intervention, and back.
Mr. Trump’s order to attack Iran on Thursday in retaliation for its downing of a spy drone, and his abrupt reversal minutes before American forces carried it out, have intensified global doubts about the president’s judgment and the power wielded by the United States.
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