11-06-2017 12:00 via theguardian.com

How Trump’s actions and tone affect US alliances and perception on global stage

Trump’s foreign policy approach has stunned observers, but recent weeks have underscored potential ramifications of his loose rhetoric and abrupt policy shiftsIn less than 140 characters, Donald Trump had left the chairman of the Senate foreign relations committee speechless.Senator Bob Corker, a Republican from Tennessee, could barely mask his disbelief when reporters on Capitol Hill informed him of tweets in which Trump accused Qatar, a close US ally, of being a state sponsor of terroris
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