'Three early tests' that will dictate Trump’s 'credibility' on the 'world stage': global affairs expert

Politico Magazine editor-at-large Matthew Kaminski argues in a Sunday, November 10 article that President-Elect Donald Trump "is a far stronger figure than" he was in 2016, "when he was distrusted by Republican mandarins and despised by Democrats for taking the White House after losing by three million votes."

The MAGA leader is now "stronger at home, and as a result abroad," the former Politico editor-chief-chief emphasizes.

He writes, "This political comeback gives Trump credibility and freedom on the world stage he didn’t have in 2017," and the former, now future president "has the ability to shape the world like he didn’t before."

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Kaminski adds, "This is horrifying or exciting, depending on whether Trump chooses to engage with the world or hunker down. 'Gloom and despair,' is the mood in most of Europe, according to former Swedish Prime Minister and face of European establishment Carl Bildt."

Noting, "American allies in Asia and Europe are looking to Washington for leadership," Kaminski asks, "Will Trump 47 surprise them?"

"That depends on whether 'Make America Great Again' is more about, to use a couple other slogans that Trumpists love, 'America First' (in the sense of the 1930s isolationist Father Coughlin) or 'Peace Through Strength' (still unmistakably Ronnie)," the Politico Europe editor insists. "His choice."

Kaminski emphasizes the "three early tests" that will reveal Trump's leadership include, "Who Trump puts in which seats. What he does on Ukraine. And how far he goes to restrict world trade."

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Read Kaminski's full article at this link.