Foreign Policy: Trump Is Odd Man Out

With enemies like these, who needs friends? Stepping onto the world stage for a pair of high-profile summits, President Donald Trump is scrambling the usual breakdown of allies and adversaries. In the span of a few days, he’s embraced Russia and North Korea while pushing away America’s closest friends, like France, Canada and Germany. It’s long been Trump’s modus operandi to keep people on their toes, unable to predict what he’ll do next.

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