Trump and U.S. Foreign Relations

The author of this meme asks a very good question–one I would love to have answered before I check out of here.

If you surveyed everyone who voted against Trump, I think you’ve find four prevalent responses:

• Trump has a very close connection with Putin and the Russian oligarchs from which he’s profiting handsomely.

• Trump may not be profiting from these relationships, but has a feeling of great reverence for the world’s dictators, i.e., those whose actions are completely unconstrained.

• Trump loves to create outrage.  He doesn’t particularly care what people are saying about him, as long as he’s in the news.  (I hadn’t realized this was a possibility until I saw his picks for key cabinet posts.)

• Trump’s nature as a sociopath commands him to make life miserable for everyone except his supporters, i.e., people who can do something for him.  Since Europeans don’t have any direct effect on U.S. politics, why should he care a damn what they think?