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'Humiliated' Trump has discovered 'world leaders are harder to bully': analyst
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-humiliated-world-leaders/
Donald Trump's wavering on tariffs and admission that he has not been able to bring the war in Ukraine to a halt is a sign he's finding out that world leaders are increasingly not taking him seriously.
According to an analysis by CNN's Stephen Collinson, bullying may work on Republican party lawmakers who fear he'll ruin their careers, but it is quite another thing to make demands of foreign diplomats in countries where Trump is considered either an irritant or a joke.
As Collinson wrote, Trump's inability to get anything done internationally is frustrating him and there is no relief in sight for the putative leader of the free world.
In large part Trump's growing problems stem with him "being ignored and humiliated" by Russian President Vladimir Putin, with the Moscow media piling on and "portraying Trump as the tough talker who always blinks and never imposes consequences."