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British diplomats did not bother to find the method in Donald Trump's madness
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Kim Darroch's memos suggest that, for some time, our officials may have been looking at Trump in the wrong way Credit: Alex Wong
Dysfunctional, clumsy, inept, insecure: it's easy to apply all of these words to the Trump administration. Newspapers do so on a regular basis. Social media is full of it. But the diplomat's job is different: to take a step back and try to solve the puzzles, or find method in the madness. For example: why, if Donald Trump is so awful, did he ever make it to the White House? If his presidency is an abomination, why does he stand such a good chance of re-election? How should British diplomats respond to the trends that Trump embodies which are changing politics (and diplomacy) around the world?
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