Story thread · 2 reports / 2 sources

Trump 'believability crisis' launches GOP off 'dangerous' cliff: Republican

alternet.org · 7dShare

On Tuesday, a leading conservative magazine called it: no one takes President Donald Trump “seriously,” and it’s not only hurting the United States’ credibility but causing a disaster in the Middle East that will have far-reaching consequences. This is according to the American Conservativ e’s managing editor Jude Russo, who writes, “People have started to notice that the administration has a propensity for extravagant threats followed by equally extravagant walkbacks, often in concert with the weekly operations of the markets.” He raises the example of Trump’s claim last week that the U.S. would soon be hitting Iran “hard,” referring to a much-touted plan to attack the Pickaxe Mountain nuclear site, which White House officials leaked as imminent even as commentators wrote that it would never happen. “I’d submit that this is a problem,” writes Russo. “America’s diplomatic credibility is not looking too good. The recurring revision of previously agreed-upon premises, the constant toggli

First report: The American Believability Crisis — amconmag.com, 7d